[Ads-l] Words that end in letter "v"

[James Eric Lawson]

It does show up, but I omitted any words that had already been 
mentioned--in that case by Nancy Friedman.

On 1/8/23 22:13, victor steinbok wrote:
> Curious why "chav" didn't show up in "Advanced Search". Not US but
> certainly an English word.
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> VS
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> On Sun, Jan 8, 2023, 16:18 James Eric Lawson <jel at nventure.com> wrote:
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>> I guess that depends on how you define "regular US words", a stipulation
>> not mentioned in your request. They're all headwords in OEDO, as I
>> mentioned. But hey, it's your game, you can change the rules to suit
>> yourself.
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>> On 1/8/23 12:23, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
>>> I'd say none of these words qualify as a regular US word ending in
>> letter "v" if we exclude foreign words or truncated words.  One I just
>> thought of is "shiv",  which is a jail cell knife.
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>>> Tom Zurinskas,  Originally from SW Conn 20 yrs,  college NE Tenn 3,
>> work SE NJ  33,  resides SE Florida 18...  truespel.com
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>>> After Google takes the fun, as Fred mentioned, OEDO Advanced Search for
>>> *v in headword empties the husk:
>>>
>>> Air Cav
>>> Av
>>> bruv
>>> cab sav
>>> Cerenkov
>>> hav
>>> Kiev
>>> Krav Maga
>>> Maariv
>>> Makarov
>>> Maksutov
>>> Markovnikov
>>> merv
>>> Molotov
>>> Oblomov
>>> pan-Slav
>>> Pay TV
>>> plav
>>> Pray-TV
>>> pristav
>>> sharav
>>> skiv
>>> tiv
>>> wiv
>>> Yishuv
>>> yom tov
>>> Yugoslav
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>>> On 1/5/23 07:04, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
>>>> Any other words that end in letter "v"?
>>>>
>>>> A.Word.A.Daywith Anu Garg
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>>>> spiv
>>>>
>>>> PRONUNCIATION:
>>>> (spiv) [
>> https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwordsmith.org%2Fwords%2Fimages%2Fsound-icon.png&t=1672924991&ymreqid=c4dc0a6e-30ad-4309-1c73-da000101ef00&sig=vzrrsPVIp6yyWoaTWw1.pQ--~D]
>> <https://wordsmith.org/words/spiv.mp3>
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>>>> MEANING:
>>>> noun: An unscrupulous person or a petty criminal, especially one who is
>> sharply dressed.
>>>> verb intr.: To make a living unscrupulously.
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>>>> Tom Zurinskas,  Originally from SW Conn 20 yrs,  college NE Tenn 3,
>> work SE NJ  33,  resides SE Florida 18...  truespel.com
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