"kerfluff" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Alteration of kerfuffle, possibly influenced by fluff Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} kerfluff (plural not attested)
  1. (uncommon) Synonym of kerfuffle Tags: no-plural, uncommon Synonyms: kerfuffle [synonym, synonym-of]
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          "ref": "1952, Dorothy Sherrill, The Santa Claus Bears:",
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          "ref": "2016, D. S. Martin, The Turning Aside, →ISBN:",
          "text": "And a tough neighborhood, it was, too. irate Mars, and sexually explicit Venus, the kerfluff of a moody moon, and self-important stars.",
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          "ref": "2017 April 11, “Here We Mar A Lago Again - Politics and Other Controversies”, in city-data (Usenet):",
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