Definition of "giffin" []

• Same as jiffy. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "These got too dry to smooth out, so I sort of lathed them on the giffin grip, which means that they have a concentric circle pattern from several different ordinals."
• "She wasn't much for giffin 'milk, and it was vurry thin at that, but she was a great musician."
• ""Aw, what 're you giffin us!" jeered a dusky young mulatto, clad in a ragged striped sweater, recently discharged as a stable-boy."