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charver

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charver [ˈʃɑːvə]
n
Northumbrian English dialect derogatory a young woman


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For instance, 'gadgy', now used to mean a man, was originally used to refer to non-gypsies, while charver, now a derogatory term, used to mean friend.
I think convicted hoodies and charvers should be ordered to join Morris dancing clubs as part of their punishment.
The comic potential of this voice (as well as its capacity for savagery) is illustrated by a conversation Marsdyke invents between a breeding ram and the other ram in the pen, a "poor castrated sod who kept himself pot-of-one the rest of the year waiting for his charver the tup to come and stay, though I didn't know what the bugger it was them two had to talk about.
 
 
 
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