- a variation of shiv.
chiv
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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 Charles Godfrey Leland
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 Charles Godfrey Leland
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 Charles Godfrey Leland
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 Charles Godfrey Leland
Ratfelo rinkeno weilgorus cav acoi: you might chiv lis sore drey teero putsi.
From Romano Lavo-Lil: word book of the Romany; or, English Gypsy language by George Henry Borrow
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