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Word: niffnaff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Niffnaw, a U.S. colloquialism, means a teapot-tempest. It may possibly be derived from the old Scottish dialect word niffnaff, meaning "trifle " example (from a poem by Scottish Poet Allan Ramsay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 21, 1944 | 8/21/1944 | See Source »

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