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Chiv

//t͡ʃɪv// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of shiv (“a knife”). alt-of, alternative, slang
  2. 2
    The scooped-out portion at the end of a stave used to make a cask, where the croze will be incised.
  3. 3
    A cooper's tool used to make that section.
Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of shiv. alt-of, alternative, slang

    "[…] he had heard Corkery say afterwards, 'It's me that chived him, see feel the knife, it's wet.'"

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