giffn.
/ɡɪf/, U.S. /ɡɪf/, Scottish English /ɡɪf/ Scottish.
In phrase the giffs and the gaffs: the givings and the takings, the gains and the losses. Cf. giff-gaff n.
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1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xliii. 344 I think that the giffs and the gaffs nearly balance one another.
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