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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A puff of smoke or dust. Scotland
2. 2
   A hairdresser's powder puff. Scotland
3. 3
   The act of using a powder puff. Scotland

Verb

1. 1
   To dust or to puff with smoke.
2. 2
   To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs. Scotland

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Etymology

Variant of Plouffe.

Related phrases

powder puff

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