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Muffin is an English word meaning a small cake baked in a special pan.

In the nursery rhyme, 'Have you seen the muffin man?', the 'muffin man' referred to is a British term describing a person who sold muffins on the streets, like a hot dog vendor.

The rhyme goes:

'Oh have you seen the muffin man,

The muffin man, the muffin man?

Oh have you seen the muffin man,

That lives on Derry lane?

Oh yes I've seen the muffin man,

The muffin man, the muffin man!

Oh yes I've seen the muffin man,

That lives on Derry lane!'

It's a children's nonsense song, sung for skipping or dancing to. As a child I knew the song with the words 'Brewery Lane', instead of 'Derry Lane'. 'Drury Lane' is another version: any local lane will do.

In slang, muffin can mean an attractive girl, or female genitalia, or the midriff overflow seen when a woman wears tight pants or tube top, or both, causing the midriff to bulge out like the top of a muffin; also the overflow from a too small bra.

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