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Definition of Civvy
1. a civilian [n -VIES] - See also: civilian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Civvy
Literary usage of Civvy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of a Land Flora: A Theory Based Upon the Facts of Alternation by Frederick Orpen Bower (1908)
"Diagram constructed by Mr. civvy nne-Vaugh.in to represent a tangential view of
the vascular :>y.stem of ..."
2. Dissertations by Mr. Dooley by Finley Peter Dunne (1906)
"... iv th' culture an' civvy- lization iv th' South begun his speech with a cautious
allusion to th' well-known fact that th' South is th' bravest, ..."
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