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plural divvies
(informal) A dividend; a share or portion. examples
third-person singular simple present divvies, present participle divvying, simple past and past participle divvied
(informal, transitive) To divide into portions. quotations examples
It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.
2006, John C. Roberts, concurrence and dissent in part in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, 548 U.S. 399 (2006)
(slang, derogatory) A foolish person.
comparative more divvy, superlative most divvy
(informal, dated) Divine; very pleasant, wonderful. quotations examples
‘You'd find,’ the priest said, ‘that it whittled down until the only divvy moment was when you stood waiting in the booking-office for the young man to take the tickets.’
1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not... (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 36