puff-paste noun. ['pʌfpeɪst] L16.
[from PUFF noun, verb + PASTE noun.]
1. A dough rolled and folded several times, with butter incorporated at each rolling. Also (N. Amer.) = PUFF PASTRY. Now chiefly arch. & N. Amer. L16.

2. fig. A person or thing of a light, flimsy, or insubstantial nature. Now rare. E17.

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