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▪ I. chivvy, v.1 (ˈtʃɪvɪ) [A form of chevy, chivy v.] To harry, harass, trouble, worry.1918 Chron. N.Z.E.F. 27 Feb. 37/1 Doris..and I chivvied the chicken around till we caught her. 1923 Blackw. Mag. Sept. 350/1 A small girl with a wire hook was chivvying the frying morsels about. 1924 Glasgow Heral...
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chivvy
chivvy(also chivy), / ˈtʃɪvɪ; `tʃɪvɪ/ v (pt, pp chivvied, chivied) [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p, Cn.t]~ sb (into sth/along) (infml 口) continuously urge sb to do sth, often in an annoying way 不断催促某人做某事(常使人烦恼) His mother kept on chivvying him to get his hair cut. 他母亲一直唠唠叨叨地催他去理发.
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David Moncoutié
When I came to the team, I said to myself, as other people must have, that I was going to try to change him, to chivvy him up so that he got more involved
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chiv
▪ I. chiv (tʃɪv) = chivvy n. Austral. slang.1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentim. Bloke 119 Chiv, the face.▪ II. chiv variant of chive n.3, v.▪ III. chiv(e), n.3 Thieves' Cant. (tʃɪv) A knife.1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 12 He takes his Chive and cuts us down. 1725 New Cant. Dict., Chive, a Knife, File, or ...
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Missing Witnesses
Hatton as 'Little Joe' Macey
Harland Tucker as Ward Sturgis
Jack Mower as Detective Butler
Jack Harron as Harris
Michael Mark as Hartman
Earl Gunn as Chivvy
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chivy
▪ 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. ...
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Zahran tribe
When they (Bajila, Zahran, and Ghamid) lazed on about their trade seasons and pre-planned journeys, the women would gather and chivvy them on; and this
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chevy
▪ I. chevy, chivy, n. (ˈtʃɛvɪ, ˈtʃɪvɪ) Also chivvy. [This and the cognate verb are modern; and probably arise out of Chevy Chase: see below.] 1. As a hunting cry.c 1785 O'Keefe Hunting Song, ‘Old Towler’, With a hey, ho, chivy Hark forward, hark forward, tantivy. 18.. Shairp in Knight S. & Friends 1...
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Becky and Barnaby Bear
Becky tries to chivvy Barnaby onto the big wheel but instead he goes on a strongman sideshow, where he hits the attendant on the foot by accident with
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chib
▪ I. chib, n. slang (now chiefly Sc.). Brit. /tʃɪb/, U.S. /tʃɪb/ [Probably a variant of chive n.3] A knife, used as a weapon.1929 E. Johnson Good Chib Blues 2 When I get drunk I'm evil—and I don't know what to do I get my good chib and get somethin' good from you. 1954L. Armstrong Armstrong Story in...
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M. J. K. Smith
for England knew what field suited him best, and generally let his men play in their own style, though this resulted in slow over rates as he did not chivvy
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English cricket team in Australia in 1965–66
for England knew what field suited him best and generally let his men play in their own style, though this resulted in slow over rates as he did not chivvy
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red herring
red herring [Cf. herring 1 b.] 1. a. collect. Herring to which a red colour is imparted in the process of curing them by smoke.c 1420 Liber Cocorum (1862) 54 Cover þy white heryng..þen cover red heryng and set abufe. 1466 Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.) 207 Paid..for j. cade of rede herynge vs. 1577 B....
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Mapantsula
Nag badger chivvy houn critisize nail tack pin brad clout
Plot
Mapantsula begins with cut-scenes between a heated protest and several police vehicles
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wot
▪ I. wot, v. arch. (wɒt) Forms: (see below). [var. of wit v.1, due to the carrying over of the preterite-present stem wǭt (earlier and northern wāt) into other parts of the verb. The substitution occurs first in the 2nd pers. sing. (wāt, wǭt for wāst, wǭst) and the plur. (for wĭten) of the present t...
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