Kivver

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fish, Lepomis gibbosus.

    "Kivvers would bite at just about anything dropped into the water. I remember how my friend Donny once snagged three or four with a small safety pin jiggled back and forth in front of their faces."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of kiver. alt-of, alternative, archaic, dialectal

    "An' when they turn't the kivvers down, he wasn't there at all!"

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pumpkinseed

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"Kivvers would bite at just about anything dropped into the water. I remember how my friend Donny once snagged three or four with a small safety pin jiggled back and forth in front of their faces."

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