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Definition of Stiffs
1. stiff [v] - See also: stiff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stiffs
Literary usage of Stiffs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Road by Jack London (1907)
"TWO THOUSAND stiffs A l!j>TiF!l'_ js, a. tramp. It was once my fortune to travel
a few weeks with a "push" that numbered two thousand. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"My pals used to Knd stiffs to the schoolmaster, saying that I was wanted at home;
but instead of that we used to go and smug snowy that was hung out to dry. ..."
3. Gloucestershire Notes and Queries: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted edited by William Phillimore Watts Phillimore, Sidney Joseph Madge (1894)
"The procession from the Council-house to the Grammar School on those occasions
was a civic event. # # # # # GAW The Medieval stiffs of Hawkesbury f ..."
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