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nifties

nifties is the plural of nifty.

Meaning of nifty

Noun

nifty (plural nifties)

  1. (colloquial, dated) A possibly risqué comic story or anecdote.
    • New subscribers are the life of our party (any advertiser will tell you that) just as the regular reader of CLIPPINGS becomes the life of any party (and why not with such a supply of “nifties” and bon mots).1929, Air Wonder Stories
  2. (colloquial, dated) A trick.
    • […] Winfield Sheehan had pulled a nifty on the wise guys of Hollywood and the film colony in Southern California when he disappeared for a week with a print of Sunrise, the Murnau picture recently completed.2005, Film History, volume 17, page 195

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Questions about nifties

What is nifties the plural of?
Nifties is the plural of nifty.

Words near nifties in the dictionary

  1. nifontovite
  2. NIFRS
  3. nift
  4. NIFTI
  5. niftier
  6. nifties
  7. niftiest
  8. niftily
  9. niftiness
  10. nifts
  11. nifty

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