▪ I. chiv(v)y, n.
(ˈtʃɪvɪ)
Also chivey.
[Short for Chevy Chase (see chevy n. 4 b).]
= face n. 1 a.
| 1889 Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang I. 246/2 Chivy (thieves), the face. 1891 Farmer Slang II. 99/1 Chivy or Chevy (thieves'), the face..: c. 1886. Music Hall Song. ‘'Aint he got an artful chevy.’ 1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 29 Wot! wiv a chivey like that? Ibid. 217 Yer orter seen Bill's chivey. 1916 J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee x. 143 Just as if the Egyptians had carved your dial in stone, Hawley, just as if your hard chivvy was what it looks like—a stone. 1958 A. Wilson Middle Age of Mrs. Eliot iii. 335, I can't keep this look of modest pride on my chivvy forever. |
▪ II. chivy
another form of chevy n. and v.