whiffet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of whiffet
Example Sentences
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This cinemactor invariably plays the obnoxious, precocious whiffet who upsets plans, causes heartaches by his wilfulness.
From Time Magazine Archive
One little whiffet told Dyckman to his face that it was a dastardly thing he had done.
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
The king-bird will worry the hawk as a whiffet dog will worry a bear.
From Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers by Burroughs, John
Does that little whiffet of a roan mare think she's going to show me her heels?
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester
He was a little whiffet of a man—“looked like a figure on a New Year’s cake,” Bobby Hargrew said.
From The Girls of Central High on the Stage The Play That Took The Prize by Morrison, Gertrude W.
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