miff
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The film will explore how Cooper became torn between two equally devoted women, Mary Kay and his wife, whom he nicknamed Dove, and will also reveal Cooper's acrimonious working relationship with his manager, Miff Ferrie.
From The Guardian • May 23, 2013
If he'll teach me to play the trumpet and give me his old associate, Miff Mole, as trombonist, I'll be very pleased to swap jobs, income and worries about taxes and expenses with him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs Miff resumes her dusting and plumps up her cushions—for the yellow-faced old gentleman is reported to have tender knees—but keeps her glazed, pew-opening eye on the young couple who are walking round the church.
From Dombey and Son by Dickens, Charles
Mr Sownds the beadle, and Mrs Miff the pew-opener, are early at their posts in the fine church where Mr Dombey was married.
From Dombey and Son by Dickens, Charles
Mr Sownds and Mrs Miff are eyeing Mr Dombey from a little distance, when the noise of approaching wheels is heard, and Mr Sownds goes out.
From Dombey and Son by Dickens, Charles
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