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Definition of Goffer
1. Verb. Make wavy with a heated goffering iron. "Goffer the trim of the dress"
2. Noun. A zealously energetic person (especially a salesman).
3. Noun. An iron used to press pleats and ridges.
4. Noun. An ornamental frill made by pressing pleats.
Definition of Goffer
1. v. t. To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer.
Definition of Goffer
1. Verb. To make wavy; to crimp. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Goffer
1. to press ridges or pleats into [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goffer
Literary usage of Goffer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Eng.] goffer, n. An obsolete variant of golf. goff-, «. Same as goaf. ... [Verbal n.
of goffer, f.] Flutes, plaits, or crimps collectively. ..."
2. The History of the War, from the Commencement of the French Revolution to by Hewson Clarke (1816)
"He was informed a few minutes afterwards, that Meer goffer was killed by a
cannon-shot. " Well," said he, " Meer goffer -was never afraid of death. ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1909)
"On the way he received intelligence that Syed goffer, his best officer, was killed.
"Syed goffer was never afraid of death," he exclaimed; "let Muhammed ..."
4. The English Illustrated Magazine (1905)
"The work girls art taught to goffer from the shoulder, not from the chest; if
they goffer from the chest, chest- ache is the result. ..."
5. History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the by Archibald Alison (1860)
"On the way he received intelligence that Syed goffer, his best officer, was killed.
" Syed goffer was never afraid of death," he exclaimed; " let Mahommed ..."
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