miff

Example Sentences

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But then he’ll dig out a joke and do something that might hurt his business — and miff his investors — because, well, he thinks that something is the right thing to do.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2012

Well, well, don't get into a miff about a trifle now.

From The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans by Townsend, Mary Ashley

In a pet; in a passion or miff.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis

But he soon came back, in a great miff, and offered to sell the whole of his fine new outfit for just one half what it cost him.

From Gaut Gurley by Thompson, D. P.

"I didn't say it was a miff," protested Pete.

From The Border Boys Across the Frontier by Goldfrap, John Henry