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civy

civy is the alternative form of civey.

Meaning of civey

Noun

civey (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A kind of chive sauce served with game or seafood.
    • In the kitchens the famous cooks were preparing menus which included, for one course alone: ballock broth, caudle ferry, lampreys en gelatine, oysters in civey, eels in sorré, baked trout, brawn in mustard, numbles of a hart, pigs farsed [...].1940, TH White, The Ill-Made Knight

Questions about civy

What is civy the alternative form of?
Civy is the alternative form of civey.

Words near civy in the dictionary

  1. civvies
  2. civvy
  3. civvy cat
  4. civvy cats
  5. civvy street
  6. civy
  7. CIW
  8. CIWH
  9. CIWS
  10. ciwujianoside
  11. Cixi

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