fluff-up

noun

A blunder.

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Meanings

nounfluff-up (plural fluff-ups)

plural fluff-ups

  1. A blunder.

    On top of that he upset the frying-pan with an almighty fluff-up of blazing fat, and exploded into curses.

    1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 202
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APA

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Chicago

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