spiv

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The sickening thing about the current turmoil is that there is a class of spiv which makes money on the movement whether the market goes up or down.

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  1. noun Chiefly British Slang One, usually unemployed, who lives by one's wits.
  2. noun Chiefly British Slang One who shirks work or responsibility; a slacker.

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  • Laporta is a smarmy, big-mouthed spiv who really ought to keep his stupid, unctuous trap shut. —  planet.journals.ie
  • I saw him speak at an after dinner event years ago, and I'm as broad minded as the next person but he just came across as a crude and ignorant cockney spiv. —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
  • In 1970 she was in two episodes of Dad's Army as the cinema usherette girlfriend of the spiv Walker, and appeared with Frankie Howerd in the series Up Pompeii and in TV's Carry On Again Christmas. —  The Canberra Times
  • The sickening thing about the current turmoil is that there is a class of spiv which makes money on the movement whether the market goes up or down. —  Craig Murray
  • All the usual spiv suspects were busy claiming that a higher annual mean was automatic evidence of midsummer temperature extremes. —  Jennifer Marohasy
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