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neves Back-slang.|ˈnɛvɪs| Also nevis. [Reversed form of ‘seven’.] Seven years' hard labour.
1901Farmer & Henley Slang V. 31/2 Nevis,..Seven... Nevis-stretch = seven year's hard. 1958F. Norman Bang to Rights 22 Your f―ing lucky, I'm doing a bleeding neves. |