What's a Spiv?
Here's one.
Eurrrggggggghhhhh!
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostPrivate Joe Walker of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard is also an excellent example of the species.
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Originally posted by Diver View PostThank you
I now have this picture of Dodgy in my mind. wrinkled pin stripe suit, spats, yellow tie, twirly moustache, cigar, Gold tooth and a warm clammy handshake
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Originally posted by The Lone Gunman View PostThe terms are interchangeable.
Nobody mentioned the original Flash Harry in the original St Trinians movies?
George Cole also played the ultimate Spiv as Arfur.
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Originally posted by bogeyman View PostBut these are both 'recruitment consultants', surely?
Nobody mentioned the original Flash Harry in the original St Trinians movies?
George Cole also played the ultimate Spiv as Arfur.
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http://losingit.me.uk/v/sculpture/30..._7403.jpg.html
Contractor posing in front of his wardrobe
Sorry! (You know who you are )
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostOED:-
A man who lives by his wits and has no regular employment; one engaging in petty blackmarket dealings and freq. characterized by flashy dress.Last edited by MarillionFan; 21 September 2008, 19:35.
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OED:-
A man who lives by his wits and has no regular employment; one engaging in petty blackmarket dealings and freq. characterized by flashy dress.
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Didn't bother looking it up until now - we'd probably be talking about the third definition here.
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Thank you
I now have this picture of Dodgy in my mind. wrinkled pin stripe suit, spats, yellow tie, twirly moustache, cigar, Gold tooth and a warm clammy handshake
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What's a Spiv?
I keep reading about this word in the current coverage of the credit crunch. I had thought a Spiv was someone in WWII who sold black market oranges and stockings (kinky sex?) but obviously there's a deeper meaning?Tags: None
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