Sai vs Sav - What's the difference?
sai | sav |
A handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A saveloy.
* 1982 , , NZ, Predicament , The Dunmore Press,
* 2007 , Gilda O'Neill, Rough Justice , William Heinemann, UK,
* 2008 , Deborah Penrith, Live & Work in Australia , Crimson Publishing, UK,
As nouns the difference between sai and sav
is that sai is a handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts while sav is a saveloy.As an adjective sav is
a shorter form of savage|lang=en (unpleasant or unfair).sai
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(sai)See also
*Etymology 2
Compare (etyl) sahi.Anagrams
* * ----sav
English
Etymology 1
Shortening of saveloy.Noun
(en noun)page 68,
- “Well, I don?t know what you?ll think. I?m only saying this to show what you?ve all done for me, but last Christmas dinner I had cold savs .”
- There was silence and then Mervyn added with a break in his voice, “Saveloys .”
page 397,
- ‘Your turn today, Lil,’ he said. ‘Fish and chips for me. No, wait, I?ll have savs , faggots and pease pudding.’
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- The menu of the average fish and chip shop will also offerbattered savs /Pluto pups (these are basically saveloy sausages with a fried batter on a stick, dipped in tomato ketchup) as well as a choice of homemade marinated pickles.