chiv
Britishnoun
verb
Etymology
Origin of chiv
C17: perhaps from Romany chiv blade
Example Sentences
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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
Wafri bāk kairs A choro mush ta jāl alay, But it mukks a boro mush To chiv his kokero apré.
From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey
Chiv, chib, or chipe, in Rommany, mean a tongue, inferring scolding, and chiv anything sharp-pointed, as for instance a dagger, or goad or knife.
From The English Gipsies and Their Language 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
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
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