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jeff [dʒɛf]
vb (tr) Austral slang
1. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) to downsize or close down (an organization)
2. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) to reduce (staff numbers) or dismiss (an employee)
3. to spoil or destroy ruthlessly Also called kennett
[named after Jeff Kennett, former governer of the state of Victoria, Australia]


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Old Jeff Hooker had a bloodhound, and Tom was going to borrow him.
As he was passing by the house where Jeff Thatcher lived, he saw a new girl in the garden -- a lovely little blue-eyed creature with yellow hair plaited into two long-tails, white summer frock and embroidered pan- talettes.
If any man can say that he has heard Jeff Smilash tell a lie, let him stand forth.
 
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