chiv
Britishnoun
verb
Etymology
Origin of chiv
C17: perhaps from Romany chiv blade
Example Sentences
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In winter the men begin to chiv the kosh, or cut wood—i.e., they make butchers’ skewers and clothes-pegs.
From Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement by Smith, George
Sī tu latchessa pāsh o lon-doeyav o boro matcheskro-bar, te o puro curro, chiv lis keti kan, shunesa godli.
From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey
If you chiv tutes pīros pal-o-the-waver—your kusto pīro kaired bongo, jallin’ with it a rikkorus, an’ the waver pīro straightus—your patteran’ll dick as if a bongo-herroed mush had been apré the puvius.
From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey
Harry poured half a can of oil upon the bearings of the chiv wheel with almost loving tenderness.
From The Cross-Cut by Cooper, Courtney Ryley
Ratfelo rinkeno weilgorus cav acoi: you might chiv lis sore drey teero putsi.
From Romano Lavo-Lil: word book of the Romany; or, English Gypsy language by Borrow, George Henry
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