cavie

British

/ ˈkeɪvɪ /

noun

a hen coop

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Etymology

Origin of cavie

C18: via Dutch or Flemish kavie, from Latin cavea cavity

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cavie

Of similar meaning to "Ye'll ne'er craw in my cavie."

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

It comes, like Fr. cage, from Vulgar Lat. *cavea, and has a doublet kevie, whence Scot. cavie, a hen-coop.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley

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