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jivy

[jahy-vee]

adjective

Slang.
jivier, jiviest 
  1. jivey.



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Word History and Origins

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Example Sentences

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Every harassed, desiccated TV writer knows how to get a laugh with a bellowed insult or ostentatiously jivy dialect.

The overall impression is a kind of subdued ostentation, part banker, part bookie, part ivy, part jivy.

A modern thing With a jivy swing.

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