Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Capivi
or capivvy (vulgar).—Balsam copaiba, a popular remedy for clap.
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TO CRY CAPIVVY (sporting).—To be persecuted to the death, or very near it. In Handley Cross [1843] Mr. Jorrocks promises to make the foxes CRY CAPIVVY.
