verb. (colloquial).—To fuss; to bustle. SPOFFISH (or SPOFFY) = fussy; bustling; smart. Also SPOFFY, subs. = a busybody.
1836. DICKENS, Sketches by Boz, v. A little SPOFFISH man, with green spectacles. Ibid., vii. He invariably spoke with astonishing rapidity; was smart, SPOFFISH, and eight-and-twenty.
