stiff

terävä

jäykkänä

kova

kalmo

tukeva puhekieltä rigid Rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.
(RQ:Chmbrs YngrSt)

“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;(nb..). ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.

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beat the egg whites until they are stiff

A Working Stiffs Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember was published in 2003.''

She convinced the stiff to go to her hotel room, where her henchman was waiting to rob him.

Realizing he had forgotten his wallet, he stiffed the taxi driver when the cab stopped for a red light.

We asked one girl to explain how she felt when she was "stiffed." She said, You think of all the work you've done and how you've tried to please them….

You see, poor Nonie really was stiffed by Adolph in his will. He really stiffed her, Rose, and I really wanted to right that wrong.

Then he stiffed the waiter with a cheap tip.