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derv

/ dɜːv /

noun

  1. a Brit name for diesel oil

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of derv1

C20: from d ( iesel ) e ( ngine ) r ( oad ) v ( ehicle )
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Example Sentences

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Granny Fiver should never have poured you that gallon of derv.

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Count Khuen-H�derv�ry was responsible for several administrative improvements, but the prosperity of the country declined from year to year.

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At the end of June Count Khuen-H�derv�ry was made Hungarian prime minister; Count T. Pejačević succeeded him as ban, and restored quiet by promising freedom of assembly and greater liberty of the press.

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