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spiflicate

/ ˈspɪflɪˌkeɪt /

verb

  1. slang:school,  (tr) to destroy; annihilate

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spiflicate1

C18: a humorous coinage
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Example Sentences

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P’raps he’s agoin’ to spiflicate me, in consikence o’ my impidence.

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Apologize for that word, or I'll spiflicate you!

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"Now, spiflicate me!" spoke the skipper, relieving the man, "the ruffian cly you! who did this?"

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And says he with a grin, 'That's the way to get in; But I reckon I'd better be quiet or They'll spiflicate me,' And he chuckled, for he Had the loan of the circus proprietor.

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My dear poy," said Grossensteck, "you know as much of peeziness as a child unporne, and I tell you it's the same efferywhere—in groceries, in hardware, in the alkali trade, in effery branch of industry, the pig operators stand shoulder to shoulder to spiflicate the little fellers like you.

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