guyver

guyver
/guy"veuhr/, n. Australian Slang.
affectation of speech or manner.
Also, guiver.
[1865-70; orig. obscure; perh. to be identified with dial. (N England) givour greedy, gluttonous, but sense shift unexplained]

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