Meaning of Nifty | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A possibly risqué comic story or anecdote.
   colloquial, dated
2. A trick.
   colloquial, dated

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Examples

“New subscribers are the life of our party (any advertiser will tell⟳ you that) just as the regular reader of CLIPPINGS becomes the life of any party (and why not with such a supply⟳ of “nifties” and bon mots).”

“Because some of the stories that the Sultana told are nifties, the plays are sometimes edited. This facilitates production and eliminates a lot of questions from the kids when they get⟳ home.”

““Miss⟳ Fletcher knows exactly what she is doing, goes about her business with gratifying swiftness and comes up with a finish⟳ worthy of one of Roald Dahl's little nifties,” wrote Douglas Watt.”

“[…] Winfield Sheehan had pulled a nifty on the wise guys of Hollywood and the film colony in Southern California when he disappeared for a week with a print⟳ of Sunrise, the Murnau picture recently completed.”

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