2. Verb. (third-person singular of chivy) ¹
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Definition of Chivies
1. chivy [v] - See also: chivy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chivies
Literary usage of Chivies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"She shrieks, yells, sings, chivies the servant, and skims plates out of the window
at the passers-by. Of course, it is really not funny, but pathetic and ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"What 's to come of the 'ounds that 'e broken bounds, And wild across country
roam, I 'aven'ta guess to my back, unless Young BEN he chivies 'em ..."
3. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on by Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough (1903)
"Most want the plural, which is, however, found in the nominative or accusative
in acies, effigies, chivies, fades, glades, series, species, spes.1 6. ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1866)
"... most wonderfully her little chivies after them. Most of the birds were going
to rest, as the rapid twilight fell, but the trees were full of monkeys, ..."
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