Biffin

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Noun
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bif=fin

CIDE DICTIONARY

Biffinn. [Cf. Beaufin.].
  •  A sort of apple peculiar to Norfolk, Eng.
    "[Sometimes called beaufin; but properly beefin (it is said), from its resemblance to raw beef.]"  Wright.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A baked apple pressed down into a flat, round cake; a dried apple.  Dickens.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Biffin, n. Brit. a deep-red cooking-apple.

Etymology
= beefing f. BEEF + -ING(1), with ref. to the colour

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