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▪ I. spiff, n. slang.
[Of obscure origin. Cf. next.]
pl. (See quots.) Also attrib., as spiff stores, spiff system.
1859Slang Dict. 98 Spiffs, the percentage allowed by drapers to their young men when they effect sale of old fashioned or undesirable stock. 1890Pall Mall G. 2 April 3/2 To balance this network of penalties a ‘spiff’ system is usually adopted, spiffs being premiums placed on certain articles, not of the last fashion.
Hence spiff v.1 trans., to allow a certain sum as commission on (an article).
1891Ironmonger 19 Sept. 387 A ‘job’ chandelier, not very unsaleable, may be ‘spiffed’, say 1s., but a more unsaleable one should bear a higher sum.
▪ II. spiff, v.2 slang.
[Cf. next and spiffy a.]
In pa. pple. Made neat, spruce, or fine; smartly dressed or tricked out. Also with up.
1877W. S. Gilbert Foggerty's Fairy ii, We flatter ourselves that we are spiffed out; at all events we've got our best dresses on. 1979Arizona Daily Star 22 July j3/2 The man doing it was an interior decorator, not an art conservator, and he did what he felt was best—he went in and spiffed up the church. |