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- noun slang, UK, idiomatic A person
ignored orsidelined from anactivity
Etymologies
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Age and etymology are uncertain, it existed in the 1930s and possibly derives from a music hall catchphrase. Some commentators (e.g. World Wide Words) suggest that piffy may have originally been patience, and the rock bun was simply a type of cake.
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