chiv

Example Sentences

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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

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 Borrow, George Henry

He went to tinkering with the big chiv wheel then, supported on its heavy timbers, and over which the cable must pass to allow the skip to travel on its rails down the shaft.

From The Cross-Cut by Cooper, Courtney Ryley

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