Did you maybe mean one of these? dere, derm, dern, dev
Definitions
Etymologies
- As an initialism of Diesel Engine Road Vehicle. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Any advice specific to warrior or derv or melee in general would be welcome.”
“I imagine the derv would be best to D/A or D/W because of high energy ...”
“Specifically, I would like to learn (1) all melee weapons, including dagger combos, (2) derv enchants, (3) sin's attributes, (4) tactics, and (5) melee skills that transfer well to other melee profs.”
“Ull we right off stamp dem flat, or pluck derv apart slow? ”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘derv’.
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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Literarie: Mussolini: My Part In His ...
Bits from the predictably odd and chaotic Spike Milligan book of this title. He writes in diary-style about his service in the British Army's World War II campaign in Italy.
"I admit the way...b4, matelot, asleep, landing, fags, spam, ash wednesday, derv, nebelwurfer, the shits, hole in the ground, cookhouse and 79 more...
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bilby "My God! Edgington was holding a mug of tea! How did he do it? He pointed to a tin brewing over a derv fire. Sgt. Mick Ryan comes across. He is dripping with sweat - was it fear of work?"
- Spike Milligan, 'Mussolini: My Part In His Downfall.' Apr 18, 2009