subs. (colloquial).—1.  An affidavit. Synonymous, by implication, with ‘God,’ in SO HELP, or S’WELP ME DAVY, or ALFRED DAVY (q.v.). Fr., Je t’en fous mon billet or man petit turlututu = I’ll take my DAVY on it.

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  1764.  O’HARA, Midas, II., iv.

          Pan.  And I with my DAVY will back it;
I’ll swear.

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  1835.  HALIBURTON (‘Sam Slick’), The Clockmaker, 1 S., ch. xxii. ‘I’ll take my DAVY,’ says the captain, ‘it’s some Yankee trick.’

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  1842.  Punch, vol. III., p. 136. Tell me on thy DAVY; whether thou dost dear thy Colin hold.

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  1884.  Daily Telegraph, 4 Sept., p. 2, col. 2. You may take your DAVY I didn’t care anything about that.

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  2.  (nautical).—Also OLD DAVY and DAVY JONES (q.v.).

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