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Niffer

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

(Scotland, transitive) To barter..

Definitions by Sense

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To barter.
  2. (Scotland) An exchange.

Example Sentences

Magneezhy was in an awful case; if he had been already shot, he could not have looked more clay and corpse-like; so I took up a douce earnest confabulation, while the stramash was drawing to a bloody conclusion, with Mr Harry Molasses, the fourth in the spree, who was standing behind Bloatsheet with a large mahogany box under his arm, something in shape like that of a licensed packman, ganging about from house to house, through the country-side, selling toys and trinkets; or niffering plaited ear-rings, and suchlike, with young lasses, for old silver coins or cracked teaspoons.
No lang efterhin the yung son niffert the haill o his portion for siller, and fuir awa furth til a faur-aff kintra, whaur he sperfelt his siller livin the life o a weirdless waister.

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What does niffer mean?

Niffer means (Scotland, transitive) To barter..

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Magneezhy was in an awful case; if he had been already shot, he could not have looked more clay and corpse-like; so I took up a douce earnest confabulation, while the stramash was drawing to a bloody conclusion, with Mr Harry Molasses, the fourth in the spree, who was standing behind Bloatsheet with a large mahogany box under his arm, something in shape like that of a licensed packman, ganging about from house to house, through the country-side, selling toys and trinkets; or niffering plaited ear-rings, and suchlike, with young lasses, for old silver coins or cracked teaspoons.

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