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nounnevy (plural nevies)
plural nevies
- alternativeAlternative form of nevvy (“a nephew”).
“See here, Brother,” said the Captain. “This here’s old Sol Gills’s nevy Wal’r. Him as was supposed to have perished at sea.”
1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC
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nevy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nevy
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“nevy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nevy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nevy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nevy.
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