Meanings
interjection
- Fair enough.
An impeccable Cockney rhyme, though it may offend purists of speech, is burnt cinders ‘windows’; whilst fairy snuff ‘fair enough’ is certainly a true rhyme despite its extra s.
1981, Peter Wright, Cockney Dialect and Slang, Batsford, →ISBN, page 99, →ISBNSynonyms: furry muff, hairy muff
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionFair enough.
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Origin
A humorous alteration due to the homeophony of fair enough and fairy snuff.
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APA
fairy snuff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fairy%20snuff
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“fairy snuff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fairy%20snuff. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fairy snuff,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fairy%20snuff.
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