bivvy

noun, verb — 3 senses

bivvy

noun

Etymology From bivouac + -y.

1

Colloquial A small tent or shelter.

It would be alarming and disconcerting if people sleeping on roll-mats in central London emerged from their bivvies at breakfast, box-fresh, and sporting a crease down each leg of their slacks.2011 November 12, Caitlin Moran, ‘Protestors? They're Beautiful’, The Times:

Derived terms: bivvy bag

bivvy

verb

Etymology From bivouac + -y.

1

To erect, or to stay in, such a tent or shelter.

bivvy

noun

Etymology Perhaps related to beverage.

1

UK, Obsolete, Slang Beer.

Well, if you're willing to sub me a shant of bivvy, then I'll tell ya2016, Christopher James, Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of the Ruby Elephants, →ISBN:

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