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smifligate
smifligate, -ation variants of spiflicate v., spiflication.1839 Dickens Nich. Nick. xxvii, Mr. Pyke threatened with many oaths to ‘smifligate’ a very old man. Ibid., Conjecturing..that smifligation and bloodshed must be one and the same thing. Oxford English Dictionary
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spiflicate
spiflicate, v. humorous or colloq. (ˈspɪflɪkeɪt) Also spifflicate, spefflicate. [Prob. a purely fanciful formation. Cf. smifligate v.] trans. To deal with in such a way as to confound or overcome completely; to treat or handle roughly or severely; to crush, destroy. Common in the 19th century.α 1785... Oxford English Dictionary
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