Definition of "spivvy" []

• Of, related to, or resembling a spiv; flashy but often also seedy. (adjective)

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• "Terry's financial dealings, which have been described as "spivvy" (he has moonlighted from his Stg£170,000 a week on nixer jobs), have been added to the charge sheet on his character."
• "With his facial twitch, the result of a serious 1990 car crash, and colourfully expressive manner, Redknapp has struggled to cast off the spivvy image that has dogged him through inconclusive Panorama and police investigations into his finances."
• "Three of the blue-collar characters in Mr. LaBute's four-hander seem as perverse about their obsession with looks, as the bookish Matilda is seen as perverse by her spivvy father and competition-ballroom-dancer mother."