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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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transactions of the philological society
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.
НОВОСТИ, В КОТОРЫХ ВСТРЕЧАЕТСЯ ТЕРМИН «NIFFY»
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