spiffing
adj/ˈspɪfɪŋ/
1
UK, Colloquial, Dated Very good, excellent.
- We're having a picnic at the races — how spiffing!
2
UK, Colloquial, Dated Smart or appealing in dress or appearance.
- I say, that outfit is simply spiffing.
- I have a lovely pair with a hair strip, grey. You'll look spiffing in them.1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
1 more example
- 2007, "Spiffing new image", Times Online, London, 18 May (retrieved 14 June 2007), Spiffing new image: ITV is developing an updated version of Spitting Image, with CGI graphics.
- Derived terms
- spiffingly