Quotes:
Then this one cop, the guy, he pulls out a picture,shows me a photograph, see, of my shiv . Now, Igotta tell ya, this shiv of mine's no ordinary blade.
-- Ashok Mathur, Once Upon an Elephant
“Why would he wipe the shiv ?” Decker said.“Supposedly it was his shiv , not hers. Of course itwould have his prints on it. Seems to me he'd juststick it back in its sheath and leave.”
-- Faye Kellerman, Milk and Honey
Origin:
First used in English in the early 1600s, shiv is ofunknown origin, but it may be related to the Romanyword for knife, chiv .
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