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shiv

UK/ʃɪv/ uncommon slang

noun

1.

a knife used as a weapon

Origin

First attested 1915. From chive, chieve, chife, chiv (“knife”), from Romani chive, chiv, chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”).

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