whiffet

American  

[hwif-it, wif-] / ˈʰwɪf ɪt, ˈwɪf- /

noun

1. Informal. an insignificant person; whippersnapper.

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Etymology

Origin of whiffet

1795–1805, whiff ¹ + -et, modeled on whippet

Example Sentences

This cinemactor invariably plays the obnoxious, precocious whiffet who upsets plans, causes heartaches by his wilfulness.

From Time Magazine Archive

"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

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

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.

The man who packed our outfit up the gulch for us had a little whiffet dog with him, and in some manner he neglected to take the dog back with him.

From Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. by Woodcock, Eldred Nathaniel