10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SQUIFFIER»
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'He was even squiffier than Moss,' Chacksfield remarked, his case of amnesia
apparently cured. 'He wentto therestaurant where thatgirlworks, tomoonover her I
suppose.' 'Arlette?' 'Arlette,' Moss repeated forno apparent reason other than to ...
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The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire
... to unknown people'?7 Members of the SPS were generally as starched and
conventional as their evening dress. though they could unbend. sometimes
getting 'squiflier and squiFfier' at dinner until the evening ended in 'a drunken
brawl?
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Oxford Dictionary of English
variant of SQUIFFY. squiffy 7adjective (squiffier, squiffiest) Brit. informal 1 slightly
drunk: Ifeel quite squiffy. 2 askew; awry: the graphics make your eyes go squiffy.
– origin mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin. squiggle 7noun a short line that curls ...
her look all the squiffier. She knew some women could put on overalls as a kind
of joke and always be signalling 'Hey look! I'm too curvy for these utilitarian togs.
Aren't I the pertest thing!' She also knew some women could wear them utterly ...
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SQUIDGIER SQUIFFIER.
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The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman
... below the rank of Earl.' I kept racing to proffer bottles that I urged Smears to
taste to make sure that the contents was the wine that the big folks required, my
accent later slipping badly, but not overly noticed by a progressively squiffier
Smears ...
James Patrick Donleavy, 1977
'Well, you know how you got a bit squiffy on champagne last time at the Ritz, well,
I thought we'd just stay on and get even squiffier. They say if you can get a girl
squiffy enough ...?' 'Ben Teekleman, how dare you!' Sarah giggles. Sarah is like a
...
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Three Plays: The Dream Doctor, Man and His Phantoms, The Coward
They're squiffier than I. They can't move ... I, I can walk. THE RUSSIAN : How
beautiful you are to-night, Etienne. ETIENNE (lifting his skirt) : Aren't I ? And no
one could say now, I look like a pimp, eh ? THE RUSSIAN : No. You look more
like a ...
Henri-René Lenormand, 1928
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The seasons of the blind, and other radio plays in verse
Neville (Impressed: with conviction) We'll be squiffier than newts when we've
eaten that rabbit pie. Narrator His prophecy was fortunately rash. The holidays
passed like a kingfisher-lightning flash zigzagging over a brook. On the last day
but ...
Ronald Charles Scriven, 1974
... upsetters tressures resurveys stutterer fluffiest kurfuffle effortful goffering
firefight offerings suffering forgetful gruffness fiftieths whiffiest skewwhiff whifflers
huffiness shufflers miffiness sniffiest fortifier fortifies spiffiest squiffier fulfiller
effluvium ...
Justin Crozier, Cormac McKeown, 2006
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SQUIFFIER»
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Touring South Africa one sip at a time: Discover a wine-taster's …
We opted for the hop-on, hop-off Franschhoek tram tour of the vineyards, along with a boisterous party who got ever squiffier as we rumbled from one ... «Daily Mail, Jun 14»
