name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A farm assistant or other rural worker; an ordinary country bloke. New-Zealand, slang
2. 2
   Alternative form of tref (“ancient hamlet”) alt-of, alternative

   "This fixes for us the number of homesteads or tyddyns in the trev."

3. 3
   An urban lower-class youth. British, slang

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A diminutive of the male given name Trevor.

Synonyms

All synonyms

boganchavchavknackerredneck

Example

More examples

"This fixes for us the number of homesteads or tyddyns in the trev."

Etymology

Etymology 1

New Zealand slang sense: from characters named Trev in a television comedy of the 1970s. See Fred Dagg.

Etymology 2

Clipping of Trevor.

Related phrases

given name

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