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Definition of Stiffed
1. stiff [v] - See also: stiff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stiffed
Literary usage of Stiffed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1892)
"... cried nothing but blessed bee God . .. and so continued vntill the fire had
consumed all his neather partes, and vntill he was stiffed with the smoke. ..."
2. The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy by William Paley, John Frost (1828)
"... utmost consequence to us to cultivate this tenderness of mind: that it is a
quality cherished by indulgence, and soon stiffed by opposition;—when this, ..."
3. The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy by William Paley (1832)
"... and soon stiffed by opposition;—when this, I say is considered, a wise man
will do that for his own sake which he would have hesitated to do for the ..."
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