quiff hat
quiff n The term quiff hat was, and probably still is, used in St. John's to describe a man's felt hat. When ordering one in a store one would ask for a 'quiff'. Quiff was often used alone in speaking of a hat. I have heard people now in their eighties use this term. cited DNE-ci...
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Language: | English |
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1966
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/66820 |
| Summary: | quiff n The term quiff hat was, and probably still is, used in St. John's to describe a man's felt hat. When ordering one in a store one would ask for a 'quiff'. Quiff was often used alone in speaking of a hat. I have heard people now in their eighties use this term. cited DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used 'kwif', 'queff hat' Although card is marked Dne-cit there citation is not found in the dictionary. |
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