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| Mac·Guf·fin [ mə gúffin ] (plural Mac·Guf·fins) |
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| Definition: |
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device giving impetus to plot: in a movie, play, or book, something that starts or drives the action of the plot but later turns out to be unimportant
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| [Mid-20th century. Said to come from a story in which a man pretends to have a "macguffin," a Scottish mountain lion, but admits it does not exist] |
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