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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
12-Aug-10 - 12:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: translations from the British
Subject: RE: BS: translations from the British
Chiv - shiv, a knife. An old word, origin unknown; originally chive.
In print 1673, A thieves or cant word; English origin, examples in OED.