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Not only is she the great-granddaughter of Herbert Asquith, the Prime Minister whose drinking habits earned him the name 'squiffy', she is also the grandniece of British filmmaker Anthony

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  1. Tight; tipsy; drunk. [Slang.] While something 's doiug underneath my vest, That makes me think I 'm squiffier than I looked. Wallace Irwin, Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum, xv. “'Should n't wonder if he thought we got tight.” “I never got squiffy but once—that was in the holidays.” R. Kipling, Stalky & Co., p. 20.

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  • No, am not squiffy, just the one for me to help me sleep. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • But now, since it's my birthday, I'm going out to get squiffy and seduce some scandalously young girl. —  Think Progress
  • The original drawing has around 80 similarly affected blocks of different varieties and ideally I don't want to have to redefine and reinsert everything - with all the current squiffy angles etc it wouldn't be just a simple matter of globally replacing stuff. —  All Discussion Groups: Message List - root
  • Not only is she the great-granddaughter of Herbert Asquith, the Prime Minister whose drinking habits earned him the name 'squiffy', she is also the grandniece of British filmmaker Anthony —  California Chronicle
  • So as we careered down Kata beach in the warm evening air just a couple hours after landing at Phuket airport, we were filled with the same sort of excitement as when we arrived as squiffy-haired backpackers 10 years previously. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
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