quiff (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[quiff 词源字典]
"curl or lock of hair over the forehead," 1890, originally a style among soldiers, of unknown origin. Perhaps connected with quiff "a puff or whiff of tobacco smoke" (1831, originally Southern U.S.), held to be a variant of whiff (n.).[quiff etymology, quiff origin, 英语词源]