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- noun A female
lamb
Etymologies
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From Old English cilfor (or ceolfor).
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kewpid commented on the word chilver
A ewe-lamb.
Rhymes with silver.
September 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word chilver
Snap!
September 25, 2007
uselessness commented on the word chilver
Seriously? This is real? Ewe didn't make it up?
September 25, 2007
kewpid commented on the word chilver
Seriously!
September 25, 2007
Gammerstang commented on the word chilver
(noun) - Mutton of a maiden sheep; Gloucestershire.
--Samuel Pegge's Supplement to Grose's Provincial Glossary, 1814
January 17, 2018