Quotes About Tuffet

Little Miss MuffetSat on a tuffet,Eating some curds and whey.Along came a spider,And sat down beside her,And frightened Miss Muffet away.

It is often written that a kind of medieval footstool was called a tuffet—a presumption based entirely on the venerable line "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet." In fact, the only place the word appears in historic English is in the nursery rhyme itself. If tuffets ever actually existed, they are not otherwise recorded.

Ian took a good look in my eyes and sighed in resignation. "Dammit, the boss didn't tell me you were part elf." "I'm not." "Are you feeling good?" "Quite." "Confident?" "You know it." "Absurdly relaxed to the point of doing something stupid?" I scooted my tuffet toward my delectable partner. If Ian wanted to ensure every man here knew I was taken, I was more than willing to help spread the word. "Why don't you come over here and try me.