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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
tiff .
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Examples
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If a property that used to yield $1 million in tax revenues now yields $3 million, due to redevelopment, the extra $2 million is "tiffed" to pay off the project costs.
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If a property that used to yield $1 million in tax revenues now yields $3 million, due to redevelopment, the extra $2 million is "tiffed" to pay off the project costs.
Austin Contrarian 2008
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We tiffed a little going to church, and fairly quarrelled before the bells had done ringing.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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They had tiffed occasionally, and broken off the friendship, and once I believe returned letters.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916
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But Lady Bayrose got tiffed at me, and at Aden shifted to a Cape boat.
Out of the Primitive Robert Ames Bennet 1912
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We tiffed a little going to church, and fairly quarrelled before the bell had done ringing.
Act First. Scene II 1909
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They had tiffed occasionally, and broken off the friendship, and once I believe returned letters.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Elbert Hubbard 1885
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Samuel Johnson and his wife had their first quarrel on the way from the church, and Auguste Comte and his wife tiffed going down the steps from the notary's.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Elbert Hubbard 1885
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Still on air up in the balcony, Maks got more tiffed after the judges posted a score of 20 for the pair.
Dave on Demand David Hiltbrand 2011
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As for me I passed tiffed and entered into uneasy, with a possible shoulder loaded chip in bodice ripping abeyance.
Political Animal 2010
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