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But I’m glad to see that in spiffing it up, they’re not going all serious.

What do you think of 'Clash of the Titans' trailer? | EW.com 2009

It's because he's the only person I know who talks using words like 'spiffing' with any degree of comfort. var doubleclick_ad_params = 'wg=2;wa=48;wc=AU;wi=18th;wi=century;wi=literature;wi=andromeda;wi=spaceways;wi=inflight;wi=magazine;wi=angel;wi=arthurian;wi=legends;jid=7007632;!

gillpolack: Lauren Beukes, Moxyland gillpolack 2009

It's because he's the only person I know who talks using words like 'spiffing' with any degree of comfort.

Even in a little thing gillpolack 2009

Since his normal range of adjectives and adverbs was untranslatable, he still punctuated his speech with English words such as 'spiffing' and 'simply ripping' and 'absolutely ghastly', whose effect was disorientating and redundant rather than nonsensical.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

'spiffing' and 'good egg' in my humble, but their use all helps to ensure that there is a slightly dotty, frenetic, flapperish atmosphere which makes these stories so agreeable.

Random Jottings of a Book and Opera Lover 2009

And yet the off-off-off season not only has particular charms but also offers a spiffing opportunity for luxury hotel living at unusually low rates—as I've just discovered on a fortnight's road trip from St. Tropez to Menton.

Pruning the Cost of Luxury on the Riviera Lennox Morrison 2011

Face to Face/Zuma Press Bankia Chairman Rodrigo Rato The task of cobbling together seven regional banks, some controlled by local political parties, and spiffing them up for an IPO has fallen to its chairman, Rodrigo Rato , a former senior government minister and top International Monetary Fund official.

A Former IMF Leader Tackles IPO Challenge Christopher Bjork 2011

Face to Face/Zuma Press Bankia Chairman Rodrigo Rato The task of cobbling together seven regional banks, some controlled by local political parties, and spiffing them up for an IPO has fallen to its chairman, Rodrigo Rato , a former senior government minister and top International Monetary Fund official.

A Former IMF Leader Tackles IPO Challenge Christopher Bjork 2011

Gosport is a spiffing name but Gosport Tories has that nautical air to it.

Do the Tories only say what they really think when they think nobody can hear them ? Norfolk Blogger 2009

The start of the end for the tories I believe as along with health and education their spiffing ideas are already starting to bite the dust.

Big society: Losing the argument | Editorial 2011