nevesadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈnɛvᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈnɛvəs/

Forms: 1800s– neves, 1900s– nevis.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: seven adj.

Etymology: Back-slang for seven adj.

British slang (originally London).

†A. adj.

Seven. Obsolete. rare.

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1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 23/1 In their [sc. costermongers'] conversations among themselves, the following are invariably the terms used in money matters... Neves-yenep, Sevenpence.

B. n.

Criminals' slang. A prison sentence of seven years.

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1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang V. 31/2 Nevis,..Seven... Nevis-stretch = seven year's hard.

1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights 22 Your f——ing lucky, I'm doing a bleeding neves.

1967 Car Feb. 31/3 His last unsuccessful exploit has earned him a nevis (seven years) of discomfort at HM pleasure.

1984 Police Rev. 23 Mar. 584/1 A five-year sentence is a ‘handful’; a seven-year one, in a rare example of back slang, is a ‘neves’.

2003 W. Boshoff Licked 6 The word neves has been used among jailbirds for more than a century to indicate a really long prison stretch.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	neves
释义	nevesadj.n. Brit. /ˈnɛvᵻs/, U.S. /ˈnɛvəs/ Forms: 1800s– neves, 1900s– nevis. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: seven adj. Etymology: Back-slang for seven adj. British slang (originally London). †A. adj. Seven. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 23/1 In their [sc. costermongers'] conversations among themselves, the following are invariably the terms used in money matters... Neves-yenep, Sevenpence. B. n. Criminals' slang. A prison sentence of seven years. ΚΠ 1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang V. 31/2 Nevis,..Seven... Nevis-stretch = seven year's hard. 1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights 22 Your f——ing lucky, I'm doing a bleeding neves. 1967 Car Feb. 31/3 His last unsuccessful exploit has earned him a nevis (seven years) of discomfort at HM pleasure. 1984 Police Rev. 23 Mar. 584/1 A five-year sentence is a ‘handful’; a seven-year one, in a rare example of back slang, is a ‘neves’. 2003 W. Boshoff Licked 6 The word neves has been used among jailbirds for more than a century to indicate a really long prison stretch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1851
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