spivvy
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The Caretaker has a fascinating setup: the old homeless man, the spivvy East End boy Mick and his older brother.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 27, 2018
Why spivvy Sidney was worth resurrecting isn't entirely clear.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 23, 2012
While some policymakers believe the UK can be both ethical and spivvy, at home and abroad, there is a choice to be made.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2012
In a Commons session dominated by the banking scandal, David Cameron condemned the "spivvy and probably illegal" activity in the banking rate-fixing scandal.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2012
There are suggestions it always had a spivvy capitalist side: in Vineland "Prairie worked at the Bodhi Dharma Pizza Temple . . . twelve-grain crust with the lightness and digestibility of a manhole cover."
From The Guardian ● Jul. 30, 2010
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