Update: Upon reflection I think Mr Weston might well be seen as a slightly camp version of what the English used to call a "spiv". From Wordnik.com. [Israelis in Afstan to support Canadian UAVs?] Reference
Finally, the word "spiv": no fashion lesson here, just enjoyment of the word's debut on this page. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
This political 'spiv' gave no thought to the aftermath of his decisions internationally or nationally. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
However, he was only following the precedent set by the spineless grinning 'spiv' Blair who constantly referred to and talked about. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
The stupidity of so many voters who believed in the vacuous 'spiv' Blair and the spin from Campbell and the twice disgraced Mandelson. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
He is a spiv and a con man who has duped the nation. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair Bows Out Craving Approval] Reference
Michael MartinLab: Another thieving spiv cuntbubble. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
(Cut to pub where Del is sat with local spiv Alan Rustrigger). From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
He's a spiv thinly masquarading as a black activist/idealogue. From Wordnik.com. [Cassilis: Rather Perverse on Iran Intelligence?] Reference
In a Mail article in July, Amoral spiv or true traditional Tory?. From Wordnik.com. [New phone-hacking witness speaks up] Reference
I would say this spiv and confidence trickster came from nowhere. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Brown is a spiv of the lowest kind and patently unfit to be Prime Minister. From Wordnik.com. [David Cameron's Budget Reply] Reference
Maigret merely nodded his head, and the young spiv looked at him even more closely. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Old Lady]
They know a spiv when they see one - and they know a political stunt when they see one as well. From Wordnik.com. [Brown has blown it] Reference
Obama's a thug, a spiv, a fixer, and his origins and early biography appear to be a work of fiction. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Has anyone else noticed how closely Gerry Sutcliffe resembles the Coronation Street spiv, Mike Baldwin?. From Wordnik.com. [If You Thought This Was a Tax Cutting Budget, Think Again] Reference
Then, when a young spiv raised his hat to me, I thought it was Cousin Charles and I completely lost my head. From Wordnik.com. [Crime On the Coast]
The Guardian newspaper once called a comic strip I created as the work of an 'opportunistic marketing spiv'. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
Verity - "Obama's a thug, a spiv, a fixer, and his origins and early biography appear to be a work of fiction.". From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
He could spiv around with an army of accountants, looking for loopholes in the law, or he could gamble on the Exchange. From Wordnik.com. [The Tiger in the Smoke]
It did get us a lot of media coverage – the Guardian newspaper described me as an ‘opportunistic marketing spiv’. From Wordnik.com. [28 Days of 2000 AD #16.1: Dark Bish-OP Pt. 3] Reference
The very idea is the essence of 'spiv'. From Wordnik.com. [Laying it On Thick: Your Epidermis is Showing] Reference
After all, a spiv is someone who lives on his wits. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Careful you don't get mistaken for a spiv, Georgie. From Wordnik.com. [An Englishman's Castle] Reference
PETER OBORNE: Amoral spiv or true traditional Tory?. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Street, or some drunken spiv in the City of London. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
But blow him up and he looks, frankly, like a spiv. From Wordnik.com. [New Statesman] Reference
Mother's pregnant in some clinic/Brother Ernie is a spiv. From Wordnik.com. [Word Magazine -] Reference
The man is an unelected, thrice disgraced self-serving spiv. From Wordnik.com. [Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
I am also tempted by a brown leather brogue, spiv though it might be. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
Oh, and throw in the grinning spiv facing a war crimes court and I'd be happy. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
A splendid 'Messiah' - but why does Westminster Abbey depict Handel as a sitcom spiv?. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph Blogs] Reference
When the 'grinning spiv' Bliar caused the 'car crash' that is now the House of so-called. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
I mean on the actual spot foreign exchange market as against what some spiv in a kiosk is doing. From Wordnik.com. [Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52] Reference
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