chiv

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

To cast, fling, throw, place, put: chiv lis tuley, fling it down; chiv oprey, put up.�

From Romano Lavo-Lil: word book of the Romany; or, English Gypsy language by Borrow, George Henry

If you chiv tutes pīros pal-o-the-waver—your kusto pīro kaired bongo, jallin’ with it a rikkorus, an’ the waver pīro straightus—your patteran’ll dick as if a bongo-herroed mush had been apré the puvius. 

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

To chiv in English Gipsy means as much and more than to fix in America, in fact, it is applied to almost any kind of action.

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