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词组 spiv
释义 spiv
noun
a sharply dressed individual who lives by his wits – within the law for preference, and not too far outside the law whenever possible UK, 1934
Several possible etymologies vie for credence: an acronym from police records “Suspected Persons and Itinerant Vagrants”; back slang of the acronym for “Very Important Persons” (VIPs); dialect spif or spiff (neat, smart, dandified), which also leads to SPIFFINGspivic, an apparently obsolete Romany word for “sparrow”, used to describe those who followed the gypsies and picked up their leavings.
  • Mayfair is just top spivs stepping into the slippers of the former gentry[.] — Colin MacInnes, Absolute Beginners, 1959
  • — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 108, 1996
  • [A] self-educated spiv with diamonds in his collar[.] — John King, White Trash, p. 88, 2001
  • [N]o one who’s totally legit. There’s kites, dippers, dealers, spivs, all kinds. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 161, 2001
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