divvy
English
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Verb
divvy (third-person singular simple present divvies, present participle divvying, simple past and past participle divvied)
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Etymology 2
Originating from prison slang in the UK. A job often given to the lowest inmates was to put cardboard dividers into boxes. Someone given this job was a 'divider' or a 'div'. Now used as an insult to those who display stupidity.
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Noun
divvy (plural divvies)
- (slang, derogatory) A foolish person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool
- Put it down and stop being a divvy!
Derived terms
- div
- divvo
Adjective
divvy (comparative more divvy, superlative most divvy)
- (informal, dated) Divine; very pleasant, wonderful.
- 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not... (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 36:
- ‘You'd find,’ the priest said, ‘that it whittled down until the only divvy moment was when you stood waiting in the booking-office for the young man to take the tickets.’
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