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Definition of Spiffed
1. spiff [v] - See also: spiff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiffed
Literary usage of Spiffed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Original Plays by William Schwenck Gilbert (1908)
"I'm delighted to find that you're not spiffed out. Lot. ... Not spiffed out ?
Oh, but we flatter ourselves that we are spiffed out; at all events, ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1900)
"... snakes in his boots, snubbed, snuffy, soaked, society slant on, soft, spiff,
spiffed, spoon drunk, spoony drunk, ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"... while sticking on, by his knees, to the sides of a cream-coloured charger,
that spiffed the blue-fire, the resin, and the big drum from afar off. ..."
4. Adventure Guide to St. Martin & St. Barts by Lynne M. Sullivan (2003)
"L'Habitation, the older hotel, has been spiffed up by French designer Francoise
Robin, who added colorful drapery fabrics, upgraded bedding, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Son Francisco News Letter. A spi/, a swell. (Trade), a small commission on sales
in retail shops. spiffed (Scotch slang), slightly intoxicated. Spiffer. ..."
6. The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"spiffed, slightly intoxicated.—Scotch Slang. Spiffs, the per-centages allowed by
drapers to their young men when they effect a sale of old-fashioned or ..."
7. A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Albert Harkness (1881)
"... as adjectives the Infinitive in rare ш prose, but is freely nsed In poetry in
a variety of constructions : Cantare peritos, spiffed in singing. Verg. ..."
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