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SHIV
(shiv)
A
knife, especially one used as a weapon
Common
clues: Switchblade; Prison weapon; Thug's knife; Pen knife?;
Hood's
blade; Baddie's blade; Knife, in the slammer; Street-fighter's
blade
Crossword
puzzle frequency:
4 times a year
Frequency
in English language:
69450 / 86800
Video:
Prison
Weapons
A
shiv (from the Romani word chiv) is a slang term for a sharp or
pointed implement used as an improvised knife-like weapon. The
shiv is the favored weapon of inmates in prisons across the
world. It is infamous for its versatility - a shiv can be
anything from a glass shard with cloth wrapped around one end to
form a handle, to a razorblade stuck in the end of a toothbrush,
to a sharpened spoon. Some inmates have even sharpened the ends
of pork chop bones to make them
into weapons.
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SHIV
(56) 9 We >1 01 Switchblade
5
Th- >1 06 Prison weapon
4
We+ >1 06 Hood's blade
4
We- >1 08 Thug's knife
3
Fr LAT 08 Film noir knife
3
We- >1 96 Hood's knife
03
Blade, in slang
2
Tu- NYT 05 Gangster's blade
99
Knife in prison
2
Th- >1 98 Knife, slangily
2
Fr >1 07 Pen knife?
2
Th LAT 07 Thug's weapon
1
Th CHE 08 Back-alley blade
1
We CSy 06 Baddie's blade
1
Th NYT 03 Bladed weapon
1
We CSy 09 Brawler's blade
1
Th Rea 00 Crude weapon
1
We CSy 02 Gang weapon (slang)
1
Th WaP 01 Gat alternative
1
Mo NYT 88 Hood's switchblade
1
Fr NYT 05 Knife SNEE STAB
99
Knife in a prison riot
00
Knife, in a gangster novel
08
Prison knife
1
Mo NYT 09 Prisoner's knife
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