chiv

Example Sentences

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He lelled the juva to the wardo, and just before she welled odói, she hatched her wast in her poachy, an’ chiv it avree, and the prastramengro hatched it apré. 

From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey

It fer us to chiv His Trousers. 'n' to round    the stragglers in.

From 'Hello, Soldier!' Khaki Verse by Dyson, Edward

And I know how to pen dukkerin, lel dūdikabin te chiv o manzin apré latti.”

From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey

In winter the men begin to chiv the kosh, or cut wood—i.e., they make butchers’ skewers and clothes-pegs. 

From Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement by Smith, George

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