subs. (common).—A man; a fellow: a diminutive of COVE (q.v.).
1853. REV. E. BRADLEY (‘Cuthbert Bede’), The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman, ii. ch. 4. That ’ll stop your dancing my KIVEY.
subs. (common).—A man; a fellow: a diminutive of COVE (q.v.).
1853. REV. E. BRADLEY (‘Cuthbert Bede’), The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman, ii. ch. 4. That ’ll stop your dancing my KIVEY.
