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whiffet

[ hwif-it, wif- ]

noun

  1. Informal. an insignificant person; whippersnapper.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of whiffet1

1795–1805, Americanism; whiff 1 + -et, modeled on whippet
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He was a little whiffet of a man—“looked like a figure on a New Year’s cake,” Bobby Hargrew said.

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I ha’ told him you were at heart nothing but a fresh young whiffet who needed taming, and gi’n he made me keep you here I mysel’ would do the taming with an ax-handle.

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This cinemactor invariably plays the obnoxious, precocious whiffet who upsets plans, causes heartaches by his wilfulness.

The man who packed our outfit up the gulch for us had a little whiffet dog with him, and in some manner he neglected to take the dog back with him.

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“You darned little meddlesome whiffet!” snarled Jody Weir savagely, as Lull galloped away.

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