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    Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so calledbecause it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by meansof the lamell

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      this is a term describing a person who picks and chooses his jobs usually taking the gravy work for himself and leaving the shity work for all the others picking through the pile or whatever

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        Originally describing hard riding stoner mountain bikers from Wellington in the early 90's, and fringe dwellers of the Cuba Street scene, now expanded to cover a wide range of counter culture theorists and urban cruisers.

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          noun person who acts in a [sifty] manner especially in pubs/clubs etc. Originated Otago University, New Zealand.

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            sifter n.
            [Middle English siften, from Old English siftan]
            Through a uniquely New Zealand south island experience, sifter has come to mean much more. A somewhat sarcastic twist on the first NZ usage (being to search for meaning); it is doing

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              verb.
              1)To blend in/push in with other people, generally to ones advantage. A sifter is one who sifts, and is generally looked down on.

              To come on to/ [spade] someone without any encouragement.

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                noun. homo sapien specifically originating from lincoln university, canterbury, new zealand.
                highly intellectual but actually well spoken pikey.
                interests: lsd,pot, farmer scaring, surfing and sifting.
                capable of blending in any social circle and only detectable by another sifter.(see sifter)

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                  A creep. Sifting onto all the ladies.

                  New Zealand slang

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                    Simple hosted bug and issue tracker designed to work great for both technical and non-technical team members. A software product by Sifter

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                      a piece of kitchen equipment that you put flour, sugar, etc. through in order to break up large pieces :

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