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spivish

spivish adjective: having the behaviour and appearance of a spiv.

Adjective

spivish (not comparable)

  1. Having the behaviour and appearance of a spiv.
    • The Sporting Life was racing. […] It was louche, spivish and disreputable just like the Turf itself.1999 March 5, Jamie Reid, “The murder of this Sporting Life”, in The Guardian, retrieved 02 Feb 2017

Forms of spivish

alternative formspivvish

Origin of spivish

From spiv + -ish.

Questions about spivish

What does spivish mean?
Spivish means having the behaviour and appearance of a spiv.
What part of speech is spivish?
Spivish is an adjective.

Words near spivish in the dictionary

  1. spivery
  2. spives
  3. Spivey
  4. Spiveys
  5. spivias
  6. spivish
  7. spivs
  8. spivveries
  9. spivvery
  10. spivvier
  11. spivviest

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