chivy

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chivy

/ˈt͡ʃɪvi/

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A variant of chevy.

noun chivies

alternative Alternative form of chevy The sergeants-major were always on the watch to report us if we went out of bounds. […] The moment we saw the sergeant-major, off we scampered over hedge, ditch, bog, and ploughed land, leaving him to catch or identify us if he could! […] Of all the serjeants-major, Howe, of the C company, ran the s

verb chivies · chivying · chivied

alternative Alternative form of chevy He wos allus willin fur to give me somethink he wos, though Mrs. Sangsby she was allus a chivying on me—like everybody everywheres.

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@misc{chivy_2026,
  title = {chivy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chivy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}