PUFFBALL
NOUNS
► BLINDMAN’S BALL the common puffball → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLINDMAN’S-BELLOWS the common puffball → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BUNT the puffball → 1601 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► DEVIL’S DUST a puffball or its spores → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DEVIL SNUFF a puffball or its powdery spores → 1938 Amer. dial.
► DEVIL’S SNUFF a puffball or its powdery spores → 1955 Amer. dial.
► DEVIL’S-SNUFFBOX a puffball → 1884 Amer. dial.
► EARTH-PUFF a puffball → 1585 obs.
► FLUFFBALL a puffball → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FROG CHEESE a puffball → 1766
► FUZZ a puffball → 1601 obs.
► FUZZ-BALL the puffball → 1597
► INDIAN SNUFFBOX a puffball → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MARE’S EGG a puffball → 1973 Amer. dial.
► MULLY-PUFF a puffball fungus, esp. one dried and pressed for use as a styptic → 1640 Eng. dial.
► NIGGER’S PIPE a puffball → 1969 Amer. dial., derogatory
► OLD-MAN’S-SNUFFBOX a puffball → 1931 Amer. dial.
► PUCKFIST the puffball, Lycoperdon Bovista → 1601
► SATAN’S SNUFF-BOX the puffball, Lycoperdon Bovista → 1854 Eng. dial.
► SMOKE BALL a puffball → 1907 Amer. dial.
► SMUT BALL a puffball → 1900 Amer dial.
► SNUFF-BOX a puffball → 1890 Amer. dial.
► TICE-FOOLS puffballs → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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