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shiv

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–noun Slang.
a knife, esp. a switchblade.
Origin:
1665–75; perh. alter. of chiv blade < Romany
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shiv   (shĭv)   
n.   Slang
A knife, razor, or other sharp or pointed implement, especially one used as a weapon.

[Probably Romany chiv, blade.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
shiv [ʃɪv]

and chiv
  1. n.
    a knife. (Underworld.) : Swiftly and silently his shiv found its way up under Rocko's ribs. All for a silly dame.
  2. tv.
    to stab someone. (Underworld.) : The boss told Joel Cairo to get Sam one way or the other—shiv him, burn him, clobber him—but get him.
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

shiv 
"a razor," 1915, variant of chive, thieves' cant word for "knife" (1673), of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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