skiff
sniff
stiff
tiff
whiff
Of these one may reject hippogriff at once, as it is in the wrong metre. Hieroglyph is attractive, and we might do worse than:—
There was a young man who said "If
One murdered a hieroglyph——"
Having, however, no very clear idea of the nature of a hieroglyph I am afraid that this will also join the long list of unfinished masterpieces. Personally I should incline to something of this kind:—
There was a young man who said "If