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mivvy slang.|ˈmɪvɪ|
[Origin uncertain; perh. a corruption of marvel n. The three senses may not be connected.]
1. A marble.
1856N. & Q. 5 Apr. 283/2 Mivvies, marbles. 1917H. H. Richardson Fortunes Richard Mahony i. iv. 33 You were always a good one at striking a bargain, my boy! What about: ‘Four mivvies for an alley!’
2. A contemptuous term for a woman; the landlady of a lodging-house.
1881Punch 10 Sept. 110/1 Lor' bless yer, they don't knaw the ropes, these old mivvies don't, more than a mug. 1887Punch 10 Sept. 111/1 And talk about stodge! Jest you arsk the old mivvey as caters for me at the crib where I lodge. 1892E. J. Milliken 'Arry Ballads 13/2 Bare-armed old mivvies you meet spread out pink in a theatre stall. 1923J. Manchon Le Slang 195 Mivvy, femme.
3. A person who is adept at something; a ‘marvel’.
1906E. Pugh Spoilers xv. 162 He's a mivvy at makin' things easy. 1959‘O. Mills’ Stairway to Murder xi. 121 He's a mivvy with anything like that. |