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spiffing en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(UK, colloquial, dated) Very good, excellent.
We're having a picnic at the races — how spiffing!
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(UK, colloquial, dated) Smart or appealing in dress or appearance.
I say, that outfit is simply spiffing.
2007, "Spiffing new image", Times Online, London, 18 May (retrieved 14 June 2007),
Spiffing new image: ITV is developing an updated version of Spitting Image, with CGI graphics.
I have a lovely pair with a hair strip, grey. You'll look spiffing in them.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:
Forms
Deriveds
spiffingly
Synonyms
spiffy · spliffy
spiffing en · VERB
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of spiff