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"Keith Willshaw" writes:

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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Naw its pure Spivian, LOL


Isn't "spiv" itself British slang?



Its rather archaic ww2 era slang for a dealer in black market goods.

Just so. A terminal small-timer, incapable of being trusted by those
of more responsibility in the various crime organizations, without the
intelligence or ambition to aspire to, say, teh high-stakes job of
Junior Numbers Runner.

Our Spiv seems to have spent quite some time locked in an attic with
old "Ranger" Magazines.

--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster