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chivy
/ ˈtʃɪvɪ /
verb
- tr to harass or nag
- tr to hunt
- intr to run about
noun
- a hunt
- obsolete.a hunting cry
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chivy1
C19: variant of chevy, probably from Chevy Chase, title of a Scottish border ballad
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Example Sentences
I should like to have seen one of 'em outside Chivy Wood to-day.
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They are not in a hurry, nor "chivy" over their work either; the tides rise and fall slowly, and they work in correspondence.
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After your soda and brandy take a good chivy in the open air, and you'll be all right by dinner-time.
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I let the first class off easily, but the second I chivy through a whole year.
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They'd 'ave nobody to chivy 'em when they come to the throne, or returned from the wars.
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