kivver

English

Etymology 1

Noun

kivver (plural kivvers)

1. A fish, Lepomis gibbosus.

   Synonym: pumpkinseed

   • 1987, Jim Nollman, Animal Dreaming, page 45:

     Kivvers would bite at just about anything dropped into the water. I remember how my friend Donny once snagged three or four with a small safety pin jiggled back and forth in front of their faces.

Etymology 2

Noun

kivver (plural kivvers)

1. (archaic, dialect) Alternative form of kiver
   • 1886, James Whitcomb Riley, “The Elf Child”, in The Boss Girl. A Christmas Story and Other Sketches‎^[1], page 178:

     An' when they turn't the kivvers down, he wasn't there at all!

Anagrams

• kvevri