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spiffy

[spif-ee] / ˈspɪf i /


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Lake Park Bistro — Lake Park Bistro has the kind of delightfully old-school French restaurant feel that starts at the grand entrance and continues with white tablecloths and waiters in spiffy uniforms.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Scheets and other young entrepreneurs are also driving the trend by capitalizing on demand for full-service cleans to keep America’s aging fleet of vehicles looking spiffy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

“And now they look all spiffy and nice.”

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

It’s really a quite spiffy and spectacular look.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

Even though they were beat-up and had probably been discarded by some soldier, Mr. Calloway managed to keep them looking spiffy somehow.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

“Solo” also features fan favorites Chewbacca and the Millennium Falcon - in its earlier and spiffier days before being introduced as a grimy, albeit fast, hunk of junk in the original “Star Wars” film.

From Washington Times ● May 11, 2018

But the new location is spiffier and more bustling, and, rather than weekly residencies by a single performer, artists will program a month of concerts at a time, featuring a variety of musicians.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2017

Only four unbeaten teams remained in the Football Bowl Subdivision, and Washington’s 9-0 season looked even spiffier.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2016

Target is restoring its cool with spiffier merchandise and presentations that have helped perk up sales and customer visits over the past year.

From US News ● Sep. 16, 2015

He still hadn’t gone back to work, but I thought he never looked haler or heartier, or neater or spiffier.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Center Theatre Group’s “50th Celebration,” which gathered celebrities, devoted patrons, philanthropists and swells in their spiffiest attire for a Saturday night shindig at the Ahmanson, was more than a star-studded evening of entertainment.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2017

Most DreamWorks movies credit two directors and several writers, and play like the spiffiest vaudeville.

From Time ● Mar. 27, 2010

His uniforms were the spiffiest, his medals the most splendiferous and his enemies the most fearful.

From Time Magazine Archive




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