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  • Heres the boy in gaol and me disgraced for ever; and all you care to know is what a squiffer is.

    Fanny's First Play George Bernard Shaw 1903

  • Will you tell me that, and stop cackling about your squiffer?

    Fanny's First Play George Bernard Shaw 1903

  • I says to Bob: "Dearie boy: is it a bargain about the squiffer if I make Joe sprint for you?"

    Fanny's First Play George Bernard Shaw 1903

  • [She sits and turns to Mrs Gilbey] Bobby's given me the squiffer.

    Fanny's First Play George Bernard Shaw 1903

  • Well, he says, "Darling, if you can get Holy Joe to sprint a hundred yards, I'll stand you that squiffer with the gold keys."

    Fanny's First Play George Bernard Shaw 1903

  • "I can pl'y the squiffer -- I mean the concertina, Sir -- a fair treat for a hammatore.

    The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

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  • Slang; a concertina; also an organ-bellows or organ.

    August 27, 2008