chiv

Example Sentences

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Harry poured half a can of oil upon the bearings of the chiv wheel with almost loving tenderness.

From The Cross-Cut by Cooper, Courtney Ryley

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

Sī tu latchessa pāsh o lon-doeyav o boro matcheskro-bar, te o puro curro, chiv lis keti kan, shunesa godli. 

From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey

Chiv, chib, or chipe, in Rommany, mean a tongue, inferring scolding, and chiv anything sharp-pointed, as for instance a dagger, or goad or knife. 

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

An English rogue will say, “to shove the queer,” meaning to pass counterfeit money, while the Gipsy term would be to chiv wafri lovvo, or lovey.

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