Definition of Jeffing

1. Verb. (present participle of jeff) ¹

2. Noun. (printing slang) A dice game played with em quads. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jeffing

1. jeff [v] - See also: jeff

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jeffing

jeet
jeez
jeez Louise
jefe
jefe político
jefe políticos
jefes
jefes políticos
jeff
jeffed
jefferson fracture
jeffersonia
jeffersonian
jeffersonias
jeffersonite
jeffing (current term)
jeffreyite
jeffs
jeg
jegging
jeggings
jehad
jehadi
jehadis
jehadism
jehadist
jehadists
jehads
jehu
jehus

Literary usage of Jeffing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Practically a blank in jeffing with the nine quadrats, when no nicks appear uppermost in the quadrats thrown; hence no count. ..."

2. The Boston Herald and Its History: How, when and where it was Founded. Its by Edwin A. Perry (1878)
"... as it gave them an opportunity to follow the example of their editorial confreres and indulge in dominos, poker, hot Scotch, or in "jeffing" for coppers ..."

3. The Printer's Dictionary of Technical Terms: A Handbook of Definations and by Alexander A. Stewart (1912)
"jeffing—To play at quadrats; that is, to throw quads like dice. Em quads are used, the nick side representing one and the other sides blanks. ..."

4. The Californian Illustrated Magazine by Charles Frederick Holder, Edward James Livernash (1892)
""jeffing" is throwing quadrates of type, the quadrates being nicked and the operation is something similar to shaking dice. At this moment, a bill poster ..."

5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1780)
"... to the law« oí matter, though liable to be influenced by it, and pof- jeffing a felf-moving or determining power, may will or determine differently, ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas and by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Henry Blackstone, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1827)
"... yet the said Right Honourable Charles Earl Cam- den, Lord President of the Council of the said Lord the King, Thomas Earl of jEffing/iam, ..."

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