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nevvie

nevvie is the alternative form of nevvy.

Meaning of nevvy

Noun

nevvy (plural nevvies)

  1. (UK, colloquial, dialectal) A nephew.
    • What signifies your sisters’ bits o’ money when they’ve got half-a-dozen nevvies and nieces to divide it among?1860, George Eliot, chapter VI, in The Mill on the Floss, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons
  2. (UK, dialectal) A grandson.

Forms of nevvie

pluralnevvies

Questions about nevvie

What is nevvie the alternative form of?
Nevvie is the alternative form of nevvy.

Words near nevvie in the dictionary

  1. nevus
  2. nevus comedonicus
  3. nevus flammeus
  4. nevus flammeus nuchae
  5. nevus lipomatosus superficialis
  6. nevvie
  7. nevvies
  8. nevvy
  9. nevy
  10. nevyanskite
  11. Nevşehir

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