stiffs
n.pl.— «Anything to lighten the prospect of playing in the Stiffs, the reserve team, again.» —“Nelson the Author of His Own Misfortunes” by Andrew Longmore Times (Lodon, England) Sept. 14, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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