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[hwif, wif] / ʰwɪf, wɪf /


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Kludjian is founder of the Los Angeles candle company Whiff and came to the event to network.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Whiff and the consequences could last for years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2019

Whiff of Trouble My significant other seems to have stopped brushing his teeth regularly.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2012

Wright’s Recovery Has an Air of Whiff After a year’s sabbatical, ’s power numbers have returned to him like an old lost cat.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2010

W. H. Iff, Whiff: sometimes so-called: merry wheeze based on my typographical make-up; once a joke, now so grey with age I generally pull it myself, thus saving new acquaintances the mental strain.

From The Bandbox by Vance, Louis Joseph




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