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Cliff

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Cliff, Cliffe, Clyffe, ‘(place at) the cliff or bank’, OE clif; examples include: Cliff Warwicks. Cliva 1166. Cliffe Medway. Cliua 10th cent., Clive 1086 (DB). Cliffe N. Yorks. Clive 1086 (DB). Cliffe, King's Northants. Clive 1086 (DB), Kyngesclive 1305. A royal manor in 1086. Cliffe, North & Cliffe, South E. R. Yorks. Cliue 1086 (DB). Cliffe, West Kent. Wesclive 1086 (DB). With OE west ‘west’. Clyffe Pypard Wilts. æt Clife 983, Clive 1086 (DB), Clive Pipard 1291. Manorial affix from the Pipard family, here in the 13th cent.

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Cliff

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Cliff ♂ Short form of Clifford, now also sometimes of Clifton. It has been used occasionally as a given name, especially since the advent in the 1950s of the pop singer Cliff Richard (real name Harry Webb). It has sometimes also been associated with Clive.

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cliff

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

cliff / klif/ • n. a steep rock face, esp. at the edge of the sea: a path along the top of rugged cliffs | [as adj.] the cliff face. DERIVATIVES: cliff·like / -ˌlīk/ adj. cliff·y adj.

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cliff

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

cliff XII. OE. clif = OS. (Du.) klif. OHG. klep, ON. klif :- Gmc. klibam; of unkn. orig.

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cliff

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

cliff •biff, cliff, glyph, if, kif, miff, niff, quiff, riff, skew-whiff, skiff, sniff, spliff, stiff, tiff, whiff •mischief • handkerchief •neckerchief • kerchief • Cardiff •Radcliffe •bailiff, calif, caliph •Wyclif • Northcliffe • anaglyph •hieroglyph • tariff •serif, sheriff •midriff • hippogriff • mastiff • caitiff •plaintiff • pontiff • Joseph

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