subs. (common).—1.  A woman: in contempt. Hence (2) a lodging-house landlady; a CAT (q.v.).

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  1887.  Punch, 10 Sept., p. 111. ‘’Arry at the Sea-side.’

                                Talk about stodge!
Jest you arsk the old MIVVEY as caters for me at the crib where I lodge.

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  1892.  MILLIKEN, ’Arry Ballads, p. 13. Bare-armed old MIVVIES you meet spread out pink in a theatre stall.

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  2.  (schoolboys’).—A marble.

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  1856.  Notes and Queries, 2 S. i. 283/2. s.v.

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