Lexicographical Neighbors of Pifflers
Literary usage of Pifflers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1902)
"Dismiss Reid and Mansel and McCosh for pifflers, and no great harm is done.
But hint that "Jonah" contains an allegory, that the Hebrews found a new Baal at ..."
2. The Secrets of the Hohenzollerns by Armgaard Karl Graves (1915)
"... of the peace-pifflers. The smug self-sufficiency of the English "pepper bags"
with characteristic short-sightedness and stupidity pooh-poohed these ..."
3. American Journal of Education (1855-1882). (1878)
"I saw them start at unearthly hours in the morning, dressed principally in flannel,
and come back pretty latu in tte afternoon, and heard that the pifflers ..."
4. Still Jim by Honoré Morrow (1915)
""You are mistaken, Pen. Jim and I have often discussed the divine origin of the
New Englander. They are a pathetic lot of pifflers. ..."
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