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Chambers 20th Century Dictionary does not recognize the use of tuffet for a piece of furniture, and the Oxford English Dictionary says that it only perhaps means hassock or footstool, suggesting that this usage is due to a misunderstanding of the nursery rhyme Little Miss Muffet.
Historical Examples. 1  Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating of curds and whey. 2  Suppose you sit on that tuffet and eat it while I walk the baby about. 3  Yes, it's called a tuffet because that's where people sit to eat curds and whey.