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Old July 4th, 2021, 11:21 AM
'Mike Shefler' via Dixonary
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Default [Dixonary] Round 3179 vote for POVIE

Here are 11 fanciful, fabulous and fictional definitions for POVIE. One of
them is real.
Vote for your two favorites no later than 10 AM EDT, Tuesday, July 6.

1. the spart; also called povie herring.

2. [Scouse] a beggar; a vagrant.

3. [Scot.] a punch in the face.

4. [Quebec] a toast “pour vie”. (“For life”)

5. a short tunic with baggy knickerbockers worn by girls for athletic
activities in the 1880s [introduced by social reformer Netty Povie
(1848-1934) as part of the rational dress movement]

6. style of filmmaking in which most scenes are shot from the
perspective of the main character, and the audience sees only what
the character sees.

7. a derogatory term for a 'gay' movie.

8. [Scot.] snug; comfortable; well-off.

9. a polymer used as a vehicle for a drug, especially iodine.

10. a pet name or term of endearment.

11. [Scottish and English regional (north-eastern)] 1. n. a look; a peep.
2. v. transitive. to see (a person or thing); to look at, observe.
Also intransitive: to look, peep.


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