skiv

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noun

A sovereign (the coin).

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Meanings

nounskiv (plural skivs)

plural skivs

  1. UKobsoleteslangA sovereign (the coin).

    'A sovereign,' she says. 'Make it two, and it's yours,' I says. So, after a little, she give me two skivs, and she took the bill and valked ^([sic]) away vith it.

    1865, Edmund Yates, Running the Gauntlet
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APA

skiv. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skiv

MLA

“skiv.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skiv. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skiv,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skiv.

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