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Skives vs Stives - What's the difference?

skives | stives |

As nouns the difference between skives and stives

is that skives is plural of skive while stives is stews; a brothel.

As a verb skives

is third-person singular of skive.

skives

English

Noun

(head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (skive)
  • stives

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (obsolete) stews; a brothel
  • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)