cavie
Britishnoun
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Origin of cavie
C18: via Dutch or Flemish kavie, from Latin cavea cavity
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Cavie, kāv′i, n. a hen-coop or cage.
From Project Gutenberg
After a couthie crack, which, in spite of my preoccupation, I enjoyed, I said good-bye and walked out of the bank, only to fall a ready prey to the blandishments of Douglas the barber, who inveigled me into his back-yard to see a cavie of Wyandotte chickens of which, as prize-winners, he had great expectations.
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Of similar meaning to "Ye'll ne'er craw in my cavie."
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It comes, like Fr. cage, from Vulgar Lat. *cavea, and has a doublet kevie, whence Scot. cavie, a hen-coop.
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