Nevvy

//ˈnɛvi// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A nephew. UK, colloquial, dialectal

    "What signifies your sisters’ bits o’ money when they’ve got half-a-dozen nevvies and nieces to divide it among?"

  2. 2
    A grandson. UK, dialectal

Example

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"What signifies your sisters’ bits o’ money when they’ve got half-a-dozen nevvies and nieces to divide it among?"

Etymology

Possibly from neve and/or nephew + -y, but compare (now mostly obsolete) widespread dialectal forms such as /ˈɑːɡi/, /ˈɑɹɡi/ argy (“argue”) and /ˈvali/, /ˈvæli/ vally (“value”) with /i/ for unstressed standard English /juː/.

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