spivvy
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spivvy (comparative spivvier, superlative spivviest)
- Of, related to, or resembling a spiv; flashy but often also seedy.
- 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, Del Rey trade paperback ed., published 2005, →ISBN, page 464:
- To the south, though, the explosive-crammed pod rushed over spivvy streets, directly above a barricade at the borders of Aspic and Barrackham.
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- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.