See Also: Cheviot(dictionary)
Cheviot(tourism)
Cheviot Hills(encyclopedia)
Cheviot Hills(dictionary)
Cheviot hotels(tourism)
CHEVIOT BRIDGE Limited(finance)

swizz (oh) and Cheviot (iou)


swizz (oh)



[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: swizzle 'a swizz' (20-21 centuries), perhaps from swindle]
a swizz
something that makes you feel disappointed and as though you have been deceived
::The packet's half empty - what a swizz!

Cheviot (iou)



Cheviot noun. In sense 2 also cheviot. L18.
[from Cheviot Hills on the England-Scotland border.]
In full Cheviot sheep. (An animal of) a breed of sheep from the Cheviot Hills. L18.
(Cloth made from) the wool of Cheviot sheep. M19.