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

"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.

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

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

Well, to cut a long story short, by-long and by-late, John Wildway and I had a miff and parted; and lo and behold, the coming man came! 

From Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school by Hardy, Thomas

In a pet; in a passion or miff.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis