What does niff-naff mean?
Niff-naff means Something or someone insignificant; a trifle..
Niff-naff
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
Something or someone insignificant; a trifle..
Example Sentences
When it came to Mr. Turnbull, he held it up between him and the light, "Keatie, whaten a niff-naff of a glass is this? let us see a feasible ane."
"They appear, friend," I reply, unhelpfully and without irony, as if any niff-naff who owns a megayacht with a decent liquor cabinet would know such a thing, "rather like the color of absinthe."
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- niff-naffs
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When it came to Mr. Turnbull, he held it up between him and the light, "Keatie, whaten a niff-naff of a glass is this? let us see a feasible ane."
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