bivvy

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noun

A small tent or shelter.

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Meanings

bivvy1

nounbivvy (plural bivvies)

plural bivvies

  1. colloquialA small tent or shelter.

    It would be alarming and disconcerting if people sleeping on roll-mats in central London emerged from their bivvies at breakfast, box-fresh, and sporting a crease down each leg of their slacks.

    2011 November 12, Caitlin Moran, ‘Protestors? They're Beautiful’, The Times
verbbivvy (third-person singular simple present bivvies, present participle bivvying, simple past and past participle bivvied)

present singular third person bivvies · participle present bivvying · participle past bivvied · past bivvied

  1. To erect, or to stay in, such a tent or shelter.

bivvy2

noun
  1. UKobsoleteslangBeer.

    Well, if you're willing to sub me a shant of bivvy, then I'll tell ya

    2016, Christopher James, Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of the Ruby Elephants, →ISBN

Origin

bivvy · noun, verb

From bivouac + -y.

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bivvy · noun

Perhaps related to beverage.

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Cite this entry
APA

bivvy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bivvy

MLA

“bivvy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bivvy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bivvy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bivvy.

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