spivish

English

Alternative forms

spivvish

Etymology

From spiv +‎ -ish.

Adjective

spivish (not comparable)

Having the behaviour and appearance of a spiv.
- 1999 March 5, Jamie Reid, “The murder of this Sporting Life”, in The Guardian‎, retrieved 2 February 2017:
  The Sporting Life was racing. […] It was louche, spivish and disreputable just like the Turf itself.

Translations

spiv like

Greek: αεριτζίδικος (el) (aeritzídikos)

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