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- adjective African American Vernacular
aggressive looking,tough .
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Examples
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wv: "shife"-- similar to what I said when I realized I just posted this comment under the heading "Special Deliveries" from a couple days ago.
Signs of Trouble 2009
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"Why, Missus Keckley," said she to me one day, "I is been here eight months, and Missus Lingom an't even give me one shife.
Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House Elizabeth Keckley 1862
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