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Old 08-22-2023, 01:06 AM   #1785
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Originally Posted by ownedbycats View Post
When reading an unedited edition of a book originally from the late 1800s or early 1900s, I was a bit concerned about the characters stuffing [a bundle of wood, but also a slur for gay people] into a fireplace, because before that I'd only ever seen the word used as a slur.
It took me a few comments to realise that you were using "Stuffing" as a noun. I have always used it as a Verb, meaning to pack in. E.g. "He was stuffing the pillow with goose feathers."

I suspect that this use is Yorkshire dialect.
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