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SPIV
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spiv mean?
• SPIV (noun)
The noun SPIV has 1 sense:
1. a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time
Familiarity information: SPIV used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("spiv" is a kind of...):
bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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