Tift

Tift
Tift Tift, n. [Cf. Norw. teft a scent. See {Tiff}, n.] A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff. [1913 Webster]

After all your fatigue you seem as ready for a tift with me as if you had newly come from church. --Blackwood's Mag. [1913 Webster]


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