pavior

Definitions

Examples

• Had my eye pick'd out by a pavior, who was axing his way, he didn't care where.

• She thumped like a pavior through the settling ashes at the secret thrill of it.

• Buy a stone at the pavior's—spend your last penny upon it; then tie it round your neck and drop into the river.

• His stick thumping the hardwood floor like a pavior's maul, he hobbled swiftly toward the door.

• The pavior chewed tobacco, and the gentleman said it was beastly in him, and pushed him, wanting to have his place.