"Chivvy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... said the orphan, wistfully; "no coppers to chivvy 'im about, and as much grub as he wants. Wish I'd been ...
— Light Freights • W. W. Jacobs
... kenned she was the Priest's wife,' suggested my companion. Then with a grin, 'Noo, as thoo's his nephew thoo gan and see if it will chivvy thoo, and, if it does, Aa'l bet thoo thoo'll run from it faster than thoo's ever run i' ...
— Border Ghost Stories • Howard Pease
... t'other, because you might get hurt, and I shouldn't like to hurt you, Master Waller, because you have been a good friend to me, and I like you, lad, and I'm waiting to see you grow up into being the finest gentleman in these parts. You won't never want to chivvy me out of the ...
— The New Forest Spy • George Manville Fenn
... They'd chivvy us, them and the blacks and Humpy and t'others. Why, bless you, nothing old ...
— Nic Revel - A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land • George Manville Fenn
... "Don't chivvy the child any further," he said, in a low voice. "If he says he'll get rid of them, he will, and that's ...
— Youth • Isaac Asimov |
