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
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
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
“An’ if you chiv lully dantymengro where juckos kair panny, a’ter they soom it they won’t jāl adoi chichi no moreus, an’ won’t mutter in dovo tan, and you can keep it cleanus.”
From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey
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
