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giff-gaff
giff-gaff Sc. and north. dial. (ˈgɪf-gæf) Also 6 giffe-gafe, gyffe-gaffe, 8 giff-goff, 9 gif-gaf(f. [reduplication of give v. Cf. MDu. ghivegave.] 1. Mutual giving, mutual help; give and take.1549 Latimer 3rd Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 89 Some what was geuen to them before, and they muste nedes geue ...
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giff
giff Sc. (gɪf) [Formed by analysis of giff-gaff.] In phrase the giffs and the gaffs: the givings and the takings, the gains and the losses. Cf. giff-gaff.1821 Galt Ann. Parish xliii. 161, I think that the giffs and the gaffs nearly balance one another.
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Find out the meaning of words like giff-gaff, knock-knobbler and buckfitches; the difference between French marbles, French velvet and the French ache
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gyffe-gaffe
gyf(fe, gyffe-gaffe obs. ff. gif conj., giff-gaff.
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gew-gaw
gewgaw, gew-gaw (ˈgjuːgɔː) Forms: 3 giuegoue, 5–8 gugaw, (5 gwgawe, 7 gugawe, guga), 6–8 guegaw, 6 gue gaw, guy-gaw, 7 guegaye, gugau, guigaw; 6–7 gew(e)gawe, 7 gewgai(e, gew-gaude, 8 geugaw, 9 dial. gewgow, geegaw, 6– gewgaw, gew-gaw. [Etymology and primary sense uncertain; a reduplicated formation...
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Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
From Moshen Makhmalbaf's Iranian masterpiece Salam Cinema on 35mm to Giff-Gaff, a commissioned series of live events curated by CIRCA Projects.
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trim-tram
trim-tram, n. (a.) Obs. exc. dial. (ˈtrɪmˈtræm) Also 9 dial. trin tran. [In I. app. f. trim a., with varied reduplication; in II. and III., app. whimsical applications of I.; but perh. distinct words.] I. (Cf. flim-flam, jim-jam, whim-wham.) † 1. app. A personal ornament of little value; a pretty to...
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