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spliffy

spliffy adjective: fine; excellent.

Adjective

spliffy (comparative more spliffy, superlative most spliffy)

  1. (US, archaic, slang) fine; excellent
    • I went to one of those swell dances in the pavilion on the pier, and got acquainted with two such interesting girls and three boys friends they had with them, and the bunch of us had a spliffy dinner in the casino.1918, Louise Francis Spaller, Thomas Washington Shannon, Personal Help for Girls
    • The message on this 1911 card reads “How spliffy! This river is safe for canoeing, as it is very shallow. The man in the picture has a case of beer on board.”1999 [1911], Agnes Warren Barnes, quoting Kansas City Postcard Company, Waco, Texas A Postcard Journey, page 13

Forms of spliffy

comparativemore spliffy
superlativemost spliffy

Questions about spliffy

What does spliffy mean?
Spliffy means fine; excellent.
What part of speech is spliffy?
Spliffy is an adjective.

Words near spliffy in the dictionary

  1. splif
  2. spliff
  3. spliffed
  4. spliffing
  5. spliffs
  6. spliffy
  7. splifs
  8. spline
  9. splined
  10. splines
  11. splining

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