Usually means: Object driving plot, often elusive.
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  1. McGuffin: Merriam-Webster
  2. McGuffin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. McGuffin: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. McGuffin: Dictionary.com
  7. McGuffin, Mcguffin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  11. McGuffin: TheFreeDictionary.com
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  13. McGuffin: Merriam-Webster

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  1. McGuffin: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (McGuffin)

noun:  Alternative spelling of MacGuffin [(narratology) A plot element or other device used to catch the audience's attention and maintain suspense, but whose exact nature has fairly little influence over the storyline.]

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