tiffyn.
/ˈtɪfi/ Nautical slang.
An engine-room artificer.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > artificer
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1899 F. T. Bullen Way Navy 34 My life-long admiration for the blue-jacket proper will be shared by his brothers in arms, the stoker and engine-room artificer (‘tiffy’ as we call him).
1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 57 Those dirty engine~room objects which we call ‘tiffies’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
tiffyadj.
/ˈtɪfi/ Given to tiffs; in a tiff; pettish, ill-humoured; faddy.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective]
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1810 Splendid Follies II. 126 The old lady felt quite tiffy, and mumbled her roll in silence.
1883 Bread-Winners (1884) 27 She's too tiffy for poor folks like us.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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