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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
niff /nɪf/ Brit. informal

▶noun an unpleasant smell. ▶verb smell unpleasant.

– derivatives
niffy adjective (niffier, niffiest).

– origin early 20th cent. (orig. dial.): perh. from sniff.

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