quiffs

Noun (1)

quiff (plural quiffs)

1. (British, dialectal) A puff or whiff, especially of tobacco smoke.

Noun (2)

quiff (plural quiffs)

1. (regional, slang) A trick or ploy; a stratagem.
   • It was young Mr. Abbott worked that quiff on you, sir.1933, John Masefield, The Bird of Dawning

Noun (3)

quiff (plural quiffs)

1. (UK) A hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s.
   • His woolly brown hair shaped into a drooping quiff, he's been sitting poolside all morning, snatching sucks on cigarettes before the waiters can tell him no, and thinking about reworking some incidental music for the band's gig tomorrow.2012 September 2, Tom Lamont, The Observer

Noun (4)

quiff (plural quiffs)

1. (slang) A young girl, especially as promiscuous; a prostitute.
   • How would I get an African toothache when the closest I been to a quiff in over a month is sitting next to one?1949, John O'Hara, A Rage to Live, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 193
2. (slang) The vulva or vagina.
   • As for whores—they are sometimes daughters of fine homes peddling their quim and quiff for a thumbnail of cocaine or a tot of rot-gut whiskey.1970, Stephen Longstreet, Nell Kimball: Her Life as an American Madam, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 145

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