divvy

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  1. transitive verb To divide. Often used with up: divvied up the loot.
  2. noun A share or portion.

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  • It was inexplicable, really, because before the incident he hadn't known I was a divvy or that I was anything to do with antiques at all. —  dummy 3
  • I took my time, not wanting folk jumping to the conclusion that I'd come specifically to see Sir P. Traders who knew I was a divvy were keen for me to prove their wares 100 per cent genuine and therefore highly valuable, while buyers wanted me to pretend that the antiques they wanted to buy were worthless, to lower the price. —  dummy 3
  • She should have been a divvy, and learned the hard way. —  The Great California Game—Lovejoy—Jonathan Gash
  • Mortimer was daily providing fresh evidence of being a true divvy, so I knew he wouldn't be the vandal who'd ruined the goblet. —  process 10
  • “I knew you were a divvy, Lovejoy, when, ah, when you—” When I what? —  Paid and Loving Eyes - Lovejoy - Jonathan Gash
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