See spoffish on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Probably from British English dialect spoffle (“to be spoffish”).",
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},
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"text": ", Horatio Sparkins\nMr. Malderton, […] a little spoffish man, with green spectacles, entered the room."
}
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"earnest and active in matters of no importance; bustling"
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"(UK, colloquial, dated) earnest and active in matters of no importance; bustling"
],
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