Revvy
See also: revvy
English
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Proper noun
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- A male given name.
- 2003, Mary Abbott, Family Affairs: A History of the Family in 20th Century England, page 47:
- 'Revvy' Carter [...] got his nickname from working in the rectory garden. 'Mrs Revvy would yell ... her temper caused by over-work, close-air, bad teeth, and under nourishment'. Every night Revvy would say 'Up over the timber hill into blanket field', to Ernie in his arms. They always slept with the windows closed; Revvy in bed with Ernie,
- 2006 03, Dorinda Nusum, The Victory: The Sequel to Sins and Sacrifices, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 57:
- "Revvy, I never would have thought that you would be the kind of man who would let your ego get in the way of your serving God."
- 2020 May 26, Patti Callahan Henry, Losing the Moon, Penguin, →ISBN, page 136:
- Revvy pulled a hunting knife from his back pocket and sliced open the gullet.
- A female given name.
- 1900, United States Census, 1900 - Henry County, Virgina, record concerning the Horse Pasture District, ED 46, Henry, Virginia, household 217, sheet 12B (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJM-36W), entry for Frank J Read and Mary M Read:
- — Revvy, Daughter 13 B[lack] F[emale] Sept 1894
- 1940, United States, Census, 1940 - Adams, Mississippi, record concerning Beat 1, Adams, Mississippi, United States (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYLG-7P6), entry for Revvy Mary Lewis:
- Lewis, Revvy Mary sister in law f[emale] neg[ro] 20 [years old]
- 1900, United States Census, 1900 - Henry County, Virgina, record concerning the Horse Pasture District, ED 46, Henry, Virginia, household 217, sheet 12B (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJM-36W), entry for Frank J Read and Mary M Read: