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chiffchaff

noun chiff·chaff \ˈchif-ˌchaf\

Definition of CHIFFCHAFF

:  a small grayish European warbler (Phylloscopus collybita)
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Origin of CHIFFCHAFF

imitative
First Known Use: 1780

Rhymes with CHIFFCHAFF

agrafe, bar graph, behalf, carafe, cowlstaff, digraph, distaff, Falstaff, flagstaff, Flagstaff, giraffe, half-staff, horselaugh, kenaf, line graph, mooncalf, paraph, pikestaff, riffraff, tipstaff

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