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
"Don't come to me with your troubles, you nasty little whiffet," she cried.
From The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it by Davis, James J. (James John)
"Why, powder is getting scarce," he replied, "and I find I can do that whiffet as much harm by snapping my finger and thumb every three minutes."
From Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
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
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
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