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trev en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

New Zealand slang sense: from characters named Trev in a television comedy of the 1970s. See Fred Dagg.

Meanings

  1. (New-Zealand, slang) A farm assistant or other rural worker; an ordinary country bloke.
  2. (UK, slang) An urban lower-class youth.

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Synonyms

chav

wikipedia: Fred Dagg

trev en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of tref (“ancient hamlet”)
    alt of tref
    • This fixes for us the number of homesteads or tyddyns in the trev. 1890, Frederic Seebohm, The English Village Community, page 204:

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