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bivvy en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From bivouac + -y.

Meanings

(colloquial) A small tent or shelter.
- It would be alarming and disconcerting if people sleeping on roll-mats in central London emerged from their bivvies at breakfast, box-fresh, and sporting a crease down each leg of their slacks. 2011 November 12, Caitlin Moran, ‘Protestors? They're Beautiful’, The Times:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
bivvies	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

bivvy en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From bivouac + -y.

Meanings

To erect, or to stay in, such a tent or shelter.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
bivvies	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
bivvied	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
bivvied	Tense=Past		lexicographic
bivvying	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic

bivvy en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Perhaps related to beverage.

Meanings

(UK, obsolete, slang) Beer.
- Well, if you're willing to sub me a shant of bivvy, then I'll tell ya 2016, Christopher James, Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of the Ruby Elephants, →ISBN: