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Walker's Rhyming Dictionary of the English Language
Niffnaff' s. Jeff s. Teff i. BUT s. Nlffs. Riff >. QnnT s. A rick in a bam; a gap left by
the removal of a coal-seam. (Kharif). (Hemp smoked to produce) a state of
dreamy repose. An Abyssinian cereal grass. . To hit the ground with the golf-club
and ...
John Walker, Lawrence H. Dawson, Michael B. Freeman,
1983
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Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish language: in which the ...
To NIFFNAFF, v. n. To trifle ; to speak or act In a silly way, 8. Ramsay . NIGER, (p
hard) *. Corr. of negro, 8. Burns. NIG GAR, Niqbe, s. A miser, & A. Scott's Poems.
Corr. from E. niggard. — Isl. nauggur, hnauggur, parens, tenax, Sw. niugg, ...
John Jamieson, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.), John Longmuir,
1867
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A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words ...
To NIFFNAFF, r. n. To trifle; to speak or act in a silly way, 8. Ramsay. NIGER, (g
hard) t. Corr. of negro, 8. Burns. NIGGAR, Nigrx, t. A miser, S. A. Scott's Poems.
Corr. from E. niggard. — Isl. nauggvr, hnauggur, parcus, tenax, 8w. niugg,
niugger, ...
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Terry Pratchett: The Spirit of Fantasy
... because we largely take things forgranted and complicate the detail. As a
species we complicate ourlives with niffnaff and trivia –so much sothatwe don't
seethelowly boy (Mort) walking across the floor at a party because oursuperior–
adult ...
That was complimentary, by Sempill's low standards; the man was a stringent
judge of dogs. 'And Dod Muir, that's an image-maker, works in wood and metal
and all sorts, wee hurb of a niffnaff. Both of them pays their rent right enough and
all.
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Wrong neck in the noose: a novel
The kind-hearted niffnaff always came into her mind's eyes whenever she was
awake to hear the cock's crow. He called the period Peter's time, the hour of the
great denial when St, Peter went the way of all humans - when a hitherto ...
7
The Outlaws of the Marches
... to ease Jim Foster of five hundred head of his braw' black nowt? ” Hartsgarth
laughed merrily. “ Ay,” he said, “ I 'm no likely to forget it, seeing that your mither,
honest woman, well nigh pu'd the lugs frae my head for letting sic a niffnaff of a
lad ...
Lord Ernest William Hamilton,
1897
8
The Crabbet Arabian stud: its history & influence
... SILLIFA 1954 ELECTRIC SILVER SILVER FAN 1956 ELECTRIC SILVER 5_
F1 NISKIB 1951 RAKIB NISELLA 1955 ELECTRIC SILVER NISETTA 1956
ELECTRIC SILVER NICKEL 1959 NIFFNAFF 1960 SAKLAWI 11 TGAMIL
MANIAL 1912 ...
Rosemary Archer, Colin Pearson, Cecil Covey,
1978
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Publicity: how to make the media work for you
I'm Ted Frederick of Niffnaff Construction. An important public meeting has been
called by the mayor for tomorrow at eight o'clock in the Municipal Building."
Pause there and wait for the producer to ask why it's important. "We are asking
your ...
Ted Klein, Fred Danzig,
1985
NIFFNAFF, to take finical pains ; to trifle. " He ni/na/ed on at the job." Hence a niffy
-naffy body, a finikin person ; and niffnaffs, small, inconsequential things.
NIGGARTS, side pieces of iron or firebrick used to contract the fire space in a fire
grate.