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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of stiff.

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Examples

  • Of course, the Volunteers would embrace anyone without a felony after Lane Kiffin stiffed them.

    Gailey to Bills just as unexpected as Dooley to Tennessee - sports 2010

  • I tell my friendes these awful true stories from RX and Powerline about Israel bein stiffed and they say why are these stories not in the LA Times above the fold?ā€™

    Man, Iā€™m worried about getting punched by that Obamacare bill! | RedState 2010

  • Right here on Huffington Post, Dawn Teo says Obama is getting "stiffed," and that complains that Obama's done quite enough already to merit the honor.

    Blaise Nutter: Obama Doesn't Need Honorary Degrees From ASU, Notre Dame 2009

  • Its time to take to the streets and let the White House know we are not going to be "stiffed" any longer.

    OpEdNews 2010

  • Hard times have supposedly left American men "stiffed," to borrow the title of Susan Faludi's book on the subject.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Sub-primes "stiffed" the investors with the check, and recapturing the money

    News for Lynchburg News Advance 2008

  • I have been "stiffed" three times in my 30 year professional career by someone who I rendered services to, gave a finished product to, but who refused to pay for those services even though they acknowledged the services and products were correct, were what they asked for, and were never challenged for not being correct.

    United Conservatives of Virginia 2008

  • I have been "stiffed" three times in my 30 year professional career by someone who I rendered services to, gave a finished product to, but who refused to pay for those services even though they acknowledged the services and products were correct, were what they asked for, and were never challenged for not being correct.

    New Urban Legends 2008

  • I have been 'stiffed' three times in my 30 year professional career by someone who I rendered services to, gave a finished product to, but who refused to pay for those services even though they acknowledged the services and products were correct, were what they asked for, and were never challenged for not being correct.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2008

  • I have been 'stiffed' three times in my 30 year professional career by someone who I rendered services to, gave a finished product to, but who refused to pay for those services even though they acknowledged the services and products were correct, were what they asked for, and were never challenged for not being correct.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2008

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