Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Fluffiness
subs. (common).—1. Drunkenness. Cf.,FLUFFY and FLUFFER.
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1886. Fun, 4 Aug., p. 44. A sullen-faced, clerical-looking young man, charged with FLUFFINESS in a public conveyance, said he was sober as a judge when taken into custody.
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2. (theatrical).—The trick, or habit, of forgetting words.
