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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A substance of uncertain composition once used to adulterate cheese to prevent it from swelling. US, obsolete, uncountable

   "[in title]"

Etymology

From anti- + huff. Huffing was cheesemakers' jargon for an unwanted expansion or swelling that rendered cheese unsaleable.

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