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mission stiffs

mission stiffs is the plural of mission stiff.

Meaning of mission stiff

Noun

mission stiff (plural mission stiffs)

  1. (slang) A tramp or vagrant who often frequents missions or charitable organizations for food and shelter.
    • At the bottom is the mission stiff, no longer able to make it on the outside.1982, Douglas A. Harper, Good Company, A Tramp Life, page 21

Questions about mission stiffs

What is mission stiffs the plural of?
Mission stiffs is the plural of mission stiff.

Words near mission stiffs in the dictionary

  1. mission statement
  2. mission statements
  3. mission station
  4. mission stations
  5. mission stiff
  6. mission stiffs
  7. Mission Viejo
  8. mission-critical
  9. missional
  10. missionality
  11. missionally

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