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div⋅vy

  [div-ee] verb, -vied, -vy⋅ing, noun, plural -vies. Informal.
Use divvying in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to divide; distribute (often fol. by up): The thieves divvied up the loot.
–noun
2. a distribution or sharing.
Origin:
1870–75; div(ide) or div(idend) + -y 2
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div·vy   (dĭv'ē)   
tr.v.   div·vied, div·vy·ing, div·vies
To divide. Often used with up: divvied up the loot.
n.   pl. div·vies
A share or portion.

[Shortening and alteration of dividend.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
divvy [ˈdɪvi]

  1. n.
    a share of something. (See also divvy (sth) up.) : How much is my divvy?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

divvy 
1872, probably a slang alteration of divide.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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