spiv

الإنجليزية - التركية

تعريف spiv في الإنجليزية التركية القاموس.

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية

تعريف spiv في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.

in Scotland Yard usage, a low and common thief

a flashy con artist, often homeless, who lives by his wits

a slacker; one who shirks responsibility

a smartly dressed person who trades in illicit, black-market or stolen goods

A spiv is a man who does not have a regular job and who makes money by business deals which are usually illegal. = wide boy. a man who gets money from small dishonest business deals

An individual who lives by his wits (rather than having regular employment)

a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time

{i} petty thief (British Slang)

المصطلحات ذات الصلة

spivs

plural of spiv

المترادفات

sharper, chiseler, wide boy

علم أصول الكلمات

() Perhaps from spiff, spiffy. 'Spiv' was the nickname of Henry Bagster, a Londoner arrested a number of times in 1904-6 for activities as described below, and may have been the archetype.