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
"Been fishing lately?" he asked easily, as though he had not left her that day in a miff.
From Her Prairie Knight by Bower, B. M.
In a pet; in a passion or miff.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis
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
"Your mouth goes off well enough on some public matters, I find," remarked Piper, with an air fluctuating between a miff and a laugh.
From The Rangers; or, The Tory's Daughter A tale illustrative of the revolutionary history of Vermont by Thompson, D. P.
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