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Revvy
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revvy
English
Etymology
Perhaps a diminutive of or related to Reva.
Proper noun
en male.
en 2003 Mary Abbott Family Affairs: A History of the Family in 20th Century England 47 Revvy Carter [...] got his nickname from working in the rectory garden. 'Mrs Revvy would yell ... her temper caused by over-work, close-air, bad teeth, and under nourishment'. Every night Revvy would say 'Up over the timber hill into blanket field', to Ernie in his arms. They always slept with the windows closed; Revvy in bed with Ernie,
en 2006 03 Dorinda Nusum The Victory: The Sequel to Sins and Sacrifices iUniverse 9780595390311 57 "Revvy, I never would have thought that you would be the kind of man who would let your ego get in the way of your serving God."
en 2020-05-26 Patti Callahan Henry Losing the Moon Penguin 9780593198087 136 Revvy pulled a hunting knife from his back pocket and sliced open the gullet.
en female.
1900, United States Census, 1900 - Henry County, Virginia, record concerning the Horse Pasture District, ED 46, Henry, Virginia, household 217, sheet 12B, entry for Frank J Read and Mary M Read:
— Revvy, Daughter 13 B[lack] F[emale] Sept 1894
1940, United States, Census, 1940 - Adams, Mississippi, record concerning Beat 1, Adams, Mississippi, United States (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYLG-7P6), entry for Revvy Mary Lewis:
Lewis, Revvy Mary sister in law f[emale] neg[ro] 20 [years old]
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