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▪ I. chavvy, n. Brit. slang (orig. cant).
Brit. |ˈtʃavi|, U.S. |ˈtʃævi|
Forms: 18– chavy, 18– chavi, 19– chavie, 19– chavey, 19– chavvy
[‹ Angloromani chavvy child (compare Romani čhavo male Romani child), ultimately ‹ Sanskrit śāva the young of any animal.]
A baby, a child.
1886W. Newton Secrets Tramp Life Revealed 9 Chavies... Children—Boys or Girls. 1898T. Watts-Dunton Coming of Love 29 She loves to see her chavi lookin' grand. 1914J. Hounam in Sc. Nat. Dict. (1941) II. 83/2 [Dumfriesshire] Has she gotten a chavie? 1989J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (2000) II. 6th Ser. Episode 6. 127/2 Marlene's pregnancy is costing me an arm and a leg. She's at a dodgy age for knocking out her first chavvy. 1996P. Gregory Perfectly Correct (1997) 91 And that job of hers is a bit of nothing too. What she needs is a good man and a couple of chavies. Then you'll see. 2000J. J. Connolly Layer Cake (2004) 120 Most will end up fucked-up one way or another..the girls with more chavvies than they can handle or love and the geezers doing hard time.
▪ II. chavvy, a. Brit. slang (derogatory).
Brit. |ˈtʃavi|, U.S. |ˈtʃævi|
Forms: 19– chavy, 19– chavvy
[‹ chav n. + -y suffix1.]
Characteristic of a chav; ostentatious, gaudy.
1999Re: Romance sighted on alt.babylon5.uk in alt.babylon5.uk (Usenet newsgroup) Yeah, they used to be just slappers, but they're becoming more and more *chavvy these days. 2005Stuff Aug. 141/1 The horribly chavvy gold version has also been replaced by a pink model. |