stiffy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Doctor Copeland held himself bolt upright with his long legs crossed and at first Portia sat stiffy, too.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
He's got a mustache the color of your hair, Split, a scrubby, stiffy little mustache.
From The Madigans by Lowell, Orson
These remained with him for years afterward, and with them the memory of the blind woman sitting stiffy erect and staring vacantly into his face.
From The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
A long surcoat of dark green and crimson fell stiffy as if it covered metal, and the boots were spurred and defended in front with thin plates of steel.
From The Path of the King by Buchan, John
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