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noun

Tiffany n. A species of gause, or very silk. "The smoke of sulphur... is commonly used by women to whiten tiffanies."

adjective

Tiffany adj.

Made of stained glass by, or in the style of objects made by, Louis C. Tiffany; as, a Tiffany lamp.

Made by or purchased from the Tiffany corporation (with headquarters in New York City); as, Tiffany jewelry.

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Etymology of 'Tiffany'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tiffany" Quotes from Famous Books

... youth Frances Revere had two beautiful parents. In fact, they were all that any girl could desire—obedient and respectful to their youngers. She was always kind to them and kept them looking neatly and helped them in their lessons and brought them up in the fear of Tiffany and the hope of future happiness. They played most of the time, but never chased each other in and out of the bedrooms or made any noise about the house when she lay sleeping in the forenoon. Their sense of chivalry would not have permitted it. When she arose she called ...

— 'Charge It' - Keeping Up With Harry • Irving Bacheller

... remark, however, that this special construction has involved very considerable difficulties and long labor. For the instrument here shown, platinum has been rolled by Messrs. Tiffany, of New York, into sheets, which, as determined by the kindness of Professor Rood, reach the surprising tenuity of less than one twenty-five-thousandth of an English inch (I have also iron rolled to one ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 • Various

... suppose they'd give us the money and let us buy one handsome cloisonne lamp from Tiffany's, would ...

— The Booming of Acre Hill - And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life • John Kendrick Bangs

... result from excessive cigarette smoking. During her superintendency Mrs. Bullock wrote the national leaflet, "The Tobacco Toboggan," and delivered her narcotic lecture, "Our Dangerous Inheritance," many times. In 1891-92 Mrs. E. G. Tiffany, of Dansville, was superintendent of the department. In 1893 Mrs. Emma G. ...

— Two Decades - A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York • Frances W. Graham and Georgeanna M. Gardenier

... heat, he took long walks. During the day he sat in his office doing nothing, with the exception of an occasional letter to his mother, and one or two to Watts in respect to the coming wedding. Two visits to the tailor's, and another to Tiffany's, which resulted in a pearl pin rather out of proportion to his purse, were almost the sole variations of this routine. It was really a relief to this terrible inactivity, when he found himself actually at the Shrubberies, ...

— The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him • Paul Leicester Ford

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