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

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

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

Still, rig a beard around that chiv of yours, and it's Solo to the life.'

From In the Roaring Fifties by Dyson, Edward

Me little no the touch I give,    Me chin's ez solid ez a rock,    'N' level with the Town 'All clock, A five-inch grin across me chiv.

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