keffen

Updated: July 12, 2025

"To chaff, in vulgar language to rally one, to chatter or talk lightly. From a representation of the inarticulate sounds made by different kinds of animals uttering rapidly repeated cries. Du. keffen, to yap, to bark, also to prattle, chatter, tattle. Halma," etc.

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860