ziffhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/ziff_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useziff, n.
Revised 2023

ziffnoun

colloquial (Australian and New Zealand).
  1. 1917–
    A beard.
    1. 1917
      Z is for ‘Ziff’ which appears on the lip; To call it a ‘mo’ would give one the pip.
      Stretcher (Camel Brigade Field Ambulance, Australia) March 9/2
    2. 1934
      All the Druids in that show wore long, white nightgowns and ziffs down to where the tops of their trousers should have been.
      Bulletin (Sydney) 2 May 25/4
    3. 1971
      So up he goes and finds he knows one of them, the one with the ziff, a bloke they call Slalom Sam.
      New Zealand Listener 19 April 56/5
    4. 2003
      As a schoolboy, I would try to get away with a day or so of tufty fluff just to advertise the fact that by trying to grow a ziff, I was challenging school rules.
      Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 18 July 21

ziff, n. was revised in March 2023.

ziff, n. was last modified in July 2023.