Bodenheim slang of the day: Chivvy

February 8, 2010
Chivvy: Unpleasant odor

"Don' come back here, chippy. You barred from this flat. You ain' selling nothing here. We don' want your chivvy."

Terry opened the door: pushed Ruth into the hallway: slammed the self-locking door against her: and then turned and struck Jackson in the face. In a trice, the flat became an infuriation of kicks, fists, chairswingings, tackles, with Sprad and Terry battling the other three.

(From Naked on Roller Skates by Maxwell Bodenheim)