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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
staffage /stəˈfɑːʒ/

▶noun accessory items in a painting, especially figures in a landscape.

– origin C19: from Ger., from staffieren ‘decorate’, perh. from OFr. estoffer, from estoffe ‘stuff’.

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