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   Chav

   /CHav/

   

   noun

   • 1. a young person of a type characterized by coarse and brash behavior (with connotations of low social status): informal, derogatory British "most of the shops were derelict and there just seemed to be chavs everywhere"

   Word Origin 1990s: probably from Romani chavo ‘boy, youth’ or chavvy ‘baby, child’: sometimes said to have originated in Chatham, Kent (in England), and to be a shortening of that name.

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • C

     3

   • H

     4

   • A

     1

   • V

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