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  • "Stiffy," eldest of all, whom we supposed gorgeous, who affected us as sublime and unapproachable and to whom we thus applied the term in use among us before we had acquired for reference to such types the notion of the _nuance_, the dandy, the dude, the masher.

    A Small Boy and Others Henry James 1879

  • In this Act Two, Jeeves may offer a word or two of solace to Bertie, but is more often bent on helping others, and Bertie hears lavish praise for his man from Stephanie "Stiffy" Byng, Tuppy Glossop or some love-struck youngster who has benefited from his intellect.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • When he was not adding up his columns, Stiffy was for ever taking stock.

    The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911

  • For their usual card-game they adjourned to Stiffy and Mahooley's.

    The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911

  • Joe observed that before turning up his account Stiffy had consulted an index in a separate folder.

    The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911

  • Before Stiffy and Mahooley had a chance to see any of these arrivals or hear their news, quite an imposing caravan hove in view across the river from the store, and shouted lustily for the ferry.

    The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911

  • "Stiffy and Mawoolie's York boat come to-day," said Musq'oosis conversationally.

    The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911

  • When Stiffy, having found the missing case, came downstairs again, Joe apparently had not moved.

    The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911

  • Next morning a native came in to Stiffy and Mahooley's with the information that two York boats were coming up the lake in company.

    The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911

  • Stiffy and Mahooley ferried them across team by team in the scow they kept for the purpose.

    The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911

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