Lexicographical Neighbors of Niffed
Literary usage of Niffed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"151, Royal Institution of Cornwall, 1842." Niff, a slight quarrel; a tiff. niffed.
pp vexed. ... away niffed." Night-nobby, a commode; a night-stool. ..."
2. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"151, Royal Institution of Cornwall, 1842. Niff, a slight quarrel; a tiff. niffed,//.
p. vexed. " She's gone away niffed. ..."
3. The Bookman (1907)
"In fact, not to put too fine a point upon it, I'ma good bit niffed with you, Ruth
Rendle. I thought your strong point was sense, and to-day you've done ..."
4. Jock of the Bushveld by Percy Fitzpatrick (1907)
"... head held high and slightly niffed the breeze from the file and sensitive,
searching ffer ; and the eye, large and with watchful intelligence, ..."
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