nevy

English

Noun

nevy (plural nevies)

Alternative form of nevvy (“a nephew”)
- 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
  “See here, Brother,” said the Captain. “This here’s old Sol Gills’s nevy Wal’r. Him as was supposed to have perished at sea.”

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