shavie

American  

[shey-vee] / ˈʃeɪ vi /

noun

Scots

1. a trick or prank.

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Etymology

Origin of shavie

First recorded in 1760–70; shave + -ie; used mostly in Scottish poetry

Example Sentences

I play'd my fillie sic a shavie, She's a' bedevil'd wi' the spavie.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

I play’d my fillie sic a shavie, She’s a’ bedevil’d with the spavie.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert