10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NIFFY»
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niffy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The other android grabbed his gun to shoot at Niffy, but Niffy managed to fire at
his hand before him. The android's right hand got damaged, losing his thumb. His
gun was broken with its pieces spread around. The android hit Niffy's head with ...
"My Prince?" "Get me something to bathe Niffy's paw. She wasn't entirely
unscathed." "Preserve us!" Grenejon left, calling for the groom. Although the head
hostler was also called when Niffy wouldn't allow Arfo near her, no one was
successful.
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Niffy-naffy, sb. an insignificent or conceited person, whose attention is chiefly
devoted to trifles. "He's a reight niffy-naffy.'' Craven Dialect. Niffy-naffy, adj. trifling
; fastidious ; troublesome about trifles. " A niffy-naffy fellow." Niffle-naffle, t>. to
work ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: ...
A sniff: Cockney: late C.19*20. A. Neil Lyons, Arthur's, 1908-—2. An unpleasant
odour: C.20. I'rob. ex:— niH, v.i. To smell unpleasantly: Dulwich College: from
late 1890s. (Collinson.) Back~formation ex niffy, adj. P.B.: by mid-C.20, gen. low
coll.
Eric Partridge, Paul Beale, 1984
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A Dictionary of Reduplicated Words in the English Language
NIFFY-NAFFY, sb. an insignificent or conceited person, whose attention is chiefly
devoted to trifles. "He's a reight niffy-naffy." Craven Dialect. NIFFY-NAFFY, adj.
trifling ; fastidious ; troublesome about trifles. " A nijfy-najfy fellow.
Henry Benjamin Wheatley, 1866
"Here I am hungry enough to begin on a four- year-old steer's heels and pick my
teeth .with his horns, and you say mush ! Why, you — " "What's chawin' you,
anyhow?" he says, gettin' cross. "Didn't Niffy say — " "What did Niffy say?" I yelled
.
"Here I am hungry enough to begin on a four- year-old steer's heels and pick my
teeth with his horns, and you say mush ! Why, you — " "What's chawin' you,
anyhow?" he says, gettin' cross. "Didn't Niffy say — " "What did Niffy say?" I yelled
.
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Secrets at St Judes: Sunshine Girl
Sounds fine,' Niffy said, but the sweat stains on her red T-shirt were growing
larger by the minute. 'Right . . .' Min repeated. Niffy put her leg down on the
ground. Min took hold of the sandal as gently as she could, but even that made
Niffy groan ...
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Secrets at St Jude's: Party Girl
Niffy shook her head. 'But what did you do?!' Min asked, astonished. 'I mean . . .
because of your foot you must have been on the sofa. Couldn't you have been
revising?' Niffy shook her head. 'Riding,' she admitted. 'I had to hop around the ...
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Secrets at St Jude's: Rebel Girl
Carmen Reid. The only boarder who was not going to be going anywhere, for
some time to come, was N iffy. 'Shall we buy one for you to send?' Amy asked
Niffy as her friend strode out of the exam hall. Niffy just snorted in reply to this.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NIFFY»
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niffy is used in the context of the following news items.
Local art exhibit
Another quilt exhibit — hosted by the Harlan County Homemakers Niffy Needles Club — will be held in the same location on July 24 from 7 ... «The Harlan Daily Enterprise, Jul 15»
Berenberg Polo Derby, Hamburg
First, 3-goaler Sven Schneider, then patron Uwe Schroeder and last week 3-goaler Christopher “Niffy” Winter, I would like to take this ... «LivingPolo, The World Leader in Polo News & LifeStyle, Jul 15»
Concern rises over AsiaWorld events
Niffy Chan wrote: "Are you still insisting on running this event?" On the Life in Color Facebook page, Justine Payne asked: "Has anyone heard ... «Hong Kong Standard, Jun 15»
Handing over a more diversified SGX
From there, we added the Niffy-50 from India, the MSCI Taiwan and the China A50 contract. That gives our members many markets they can ... «AsiaOne, Jun 15»
Team Lanson is the champion once again
Third place went to the team of the title sponsor Julius Baer formed by crowd favourite Christopher “Niffy” Winter and Caspar Crasemann. «POLO+10 The Polo Magazine, May 15»
Spectacular polo action at the eastern beach of Hörnum
By winning one match today, victory is still in reach for team Julius Bär. The Julius Bär Polo Team, including Niffy Winter and Caspar ... «POLO+10 The Polo Magazine, May 15»
Start of Sylt Beach Polo Chukkas
At his side will be playing Christopher “Niffy” Winter, one of the most experienced players in Germany. Raised in South Africa, Niffy has won the ... «POLO+10 The Polo Magazine, May 15»
Geri Halliwell has another wedding wobble says Adam Helliker
Soaking up Africa's spectacular scenery as it rolled past his train window proved a niffy nightmare for Griff Rhys Jones, who was riding the rails ... «Express.co.uk, Apr 15»
Local football: Leicester Foxes beat Huncote Sunday to win Alliance …
Aylestone Lounge hammered Niffy Rangers Reserves 19-1 to record the biggest winning margin in the Alliance League this season, while ... «Leicester Mercury, Apr 15»
Local football: Thurmaston WMP boost Alliance League title hopes …
Niffy Rangers came from behind to beat Clarendon Park Rangers 2-1, Matt Tebbutt and Shaun Brown earning the three points. «Leicester Mercury, Mar 15»
