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"ref": "1893, Royal Commission on Labor, The Employment of Women, page 313",
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"ref": "1996, Coke Newell, Cow Chips Aren't for Dippin'",
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"ref": "2011, Andrew R. Thomas, Soft Landing: Airline Industry Strategy, Service, and Safety, page 152",
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"ref": "2004, Robin Yocum, Dead before Deadline, page 266",
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"ref": "1906, The American Magazine - Volume 62, page 497",
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"ref": "1919, Boot and Shoe Recorder - Volumes 74-75, page 59",
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"ref": "1860 July 7, W.A.C.C., “A yard of ‘stuff’”, in The Players, page 3",
"text": "The strongly-recommended piece of cloth was, in the conventional language of the drapery trade, a “spiff” in other words, a remnant of an old stock which had been lying by unsold for three or four years, perhaps longer, and had faded through keeping, like other beautiful things, thereby decreasing in value.",
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"ref": "1893, Royal Commission on Labor, The Employment of Women, page 313",
"text": "The premium takes the form of a commission on goods sold. In some places it is a small premium, or in trade parlance a “spiff” on certain articles, and on others on the amount of sales.",
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"(countable, commerce, slang) A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer."
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"extra": "hand-rolled marijuana cigarette",
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"ref": "2000, Leone Ross, “Tasting Songs”, in Sheree R. Thomas, editor, Dark Matter",
"text": "She rolled a spiff for us as she spoke, sifting the ganja between her fingers […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner",
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"word": "gute Aufmachung"
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"ref": "1874, William Schwenck Gilbert, Foggerty's Fairy",
"text": "Oh, but we flatter ourselves that we are spiffed out; at all events, we've got our best dresses on.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1996, Coke Newell, Cow Chips Aren't for Dippin'",
"text": "This ensemble may be properly spiffed with a bolo tie, and topped off with a. . .",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2005, Jill Larson Sundberg, Michael Larson, Babes Remember",
"text": "We dated boys who had their own cars and wow! what fancy cars they were—spiffed and buffed in bright '50s reds or turquoises.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2011, Andrew R. Thomas, Soft Landing: Airline Industry Strategy, Service, and Safety, page 152",
"text": "Infrastructure Spiffed?",
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"(usually with up or out) To make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date)"
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"ref": "1968, The Stereophile - Issue 2, page 26",
"text": "It is my confirmed belief that, spiffed or not, the salesman is the consumer's best-qualified and best- informed source of assistance in matters of component selection.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Robin Yocum, Dead before Deadline, page 266",
"text": "The flight to Baton Rouge was ten dollars more. He said not to worry about it. I spiffed the guy twenty bucks and ended up in Baton Rouge a day earlier than I had expected.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Dave Lakhani, How To Sell When Nobody's Buying",
"text": "The company made more money, and so did the salesperson who was spiffed on the sale and he was selling a product that most people don't buy.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"To reward (a salesperson) with a spiff or bonus."
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"ref": "1906, The American Magazine - Volume 62, page 497",
"text": "It wasn't my fault if the blamed old store caught fire and gave me a chance to help Ferguson move out some of the stuff that has been 'spiffed' till it looks like red ink had been spilled all over the price-tags.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1919, Boot and Shoe Recorder - Volumes 74-75, page 59",
"text": "Because you can pull out a spiff anywhere you are in the store and the customers are not aware that they are spiffed shoes.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"english": "as in spruce up",
"word": "spruce"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎbàn",
"sense": "to make spiffy",
"word": "打扮"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make spiffy",
"word": "herausputzen"
}
],
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