sourdough stiff

Northwest, Slang, Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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Quotations

1899

Jim, in the language of the Klondyke, was a "sour-dough stiff" . . . A "sour-dough stiff" will, under no circumstances, eat baking powder bread.