Definition of Niffering

1. niffer [v] - See also: niffer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Niffering

nieveful
nievefuls
nieves
nif gene
nife
nifedipine
nifedipine oxidase
nifedipines
nifenalol
nifenazone
nifes
niff
niffed
niffer
niffered
niffering (current term)
niffers
niffier
niffiest
niffing
niffnaff
niffnaffs
niffs
niffy
nifle
nifles
niflumic acid
nifontovite
nift
niftier

Literary usage of Niffering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases: Collected in Whitby and the by Francis Kildale Robinson (1855)
"niffering or NIGGLING, making a bargain in a hard or haggling manner; ... See niffering. NIGHT-CREAKER or CREAK-WARNER, a watchman's rattle. ..."

2. A glossary of Yorkshire words and phrases, collected in Whitby and the by Francis Kildale Robinson (1855)
"niffering or NIGGLING, making a bargain in a hard or haggling manner; ... See niffering. NIGHT-CREAKER or CREAK-WARNER, a watchman's rattle. ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1811)
"... and Dr. Stock's substitution of the heathenish term " Oracle," for the burden of the common version, we cannot think that niffering is to be ..."

4. The Law and Practice in Bankruptcy Under the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898 by William Miller Collier, Frank Bixby Gilbert (1914)
"A preference may consist not only in bankrupt's procuring or niffering a judgment to be entered against him or making a transfer of his property within four ..."

5. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"A barter, an exchange, S. Ya ис your state wi' theirs compar'd. And shudder at the ni/er. Burnt, ¡ii. 114. niffering, ie, The act of bartering. ..."

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