spiflicate
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of spiflicate
C18: a humorous coinage
Example Sentences
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P’raps he’s agoin’ to spiflicate me, in consikence o’ my impidence.
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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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Marry Asika or spiflicate, which mean, Major, that Jeekie spiflicate too, and," he added, shaking his white head sadly, "he no like that.
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