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whiffy, a. slang.|ˈhwɪfɪ|
[f. whiff n.1 + -y1.]
Having an unpleasant smell. Also fig.
1849H. Melville Mardi II. xxvii. 109 A pithy, whiffy sentence or two. 1905R. Marsh Spoiler of Men xvii. 149 It [sc. his tobacco] is a bit whiffy, ain't it? 1934R. Macaulay Going Abroad xi. 77 ‘A bit whiffy,’ Hero said, as they passed among the cottages that encircled the muddy..pool. 1962Auden Dyer's Hand (1963) 520, I have always found the atmosphere of Twelfth Night a bit whiffy. 1978Birds Summer 45/2 The area is dusty and whiffy with lorries arriving to tip every four minutes. |