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skivs

skivs is the plural of skiv.

Meaning of skiv

Noun

skiv (plural skivs)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A sovereign (the coin).
    • 'A sovereign,' she says. 'Make it two, and it's yours,' I says. So, after a little, she give me two skivs, and she took the bill and valked ^([sic]) away vith it.1865, Edmund Yates, Running the Gauntlet

Questions about skivs

What is skivs the plural of?
Skivs is the plural of skiv.

Words near skivs in the dictionary

  1. skives off
  2. skivies
  3. skiving
  4. skiving off
  5. skivings
  6. skivs
  7. skivvie
  8. skivvied
  9. skivvies
  10. skivvy
  11. skivvying

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