Definitions
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- interjection Scotland An exclamation of
astonishment orhorror .
Etymologies
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Examples
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One last word about the family's sad wee story from the courts - here in Irvine I don't recall us using the word "crivvens" at all, I only came across it in The Sunday Post - The Broons and Oor Wullie.
icAyrshire 2010
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One last word about the family's sad wee story from the courts - here in Irvine I don't recall us using the word "crivvens" at all, I only came across it in The Sunday Post - The Broons and Oor Wullie.
icAyrshire 2010
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So fur crivvens sake hae a look at it an try an plug the electrical an magnetic in tae yer theories.
World-wide Campaign Sheds New Light on Nature's "LHC" | Universe Today 2010
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And crivvens, the sturdy garment that helped generations of women, like Maw Broon, protect their clothes from the dust, splatters and splashes of daily housework, is making a come back.
icAyrshire 2010
garyth123 commented on the word crivvens
the kind of word the broons use
December 15, 2008