"Revvy" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2003, Mary Abbott, Family Affairs: A History of the Family in 20th Century England, page 47:",
          "text": "'Revvy' Carter [...] got his nickname from working in the rectory garden. 'Mrs Revvy would yell ... her temper caused by over-work, close-air, bad teeth, and under nourishment'. Every night Revvy would say 'Up over the timber hill into blanket field', to Ernie in his arms. They always slept with the windows closed; Revvy in bed with Ernie,",
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          "ref": "2006 03, Dorinda Nusum, The Victory: The Sequel to Sins and Sacrifices, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 57:",
          "text": "\"Revvy, I never would have thought that you would be the kind of man who would let your ego get in the way of your serving God.\"",
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          "ref": "2020 May 26, Patti Callahan Henry, Losing the Moon, Penguin, →ISBN, page 136:",
          "text": "Revvy pulled a hunting knife from his back pocket and sliced open the gullet.",
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        "A male given name"
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          "ref": "1900, United States Census, 1900 - Henry County, Virgina, record concerning the Horse Pasture District, ED 46, Henry, Virginia, household 217, sheet 12B (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJM-36W), entry for Frank J Read and Mary M Read",
          "text": "— Revvy, Daughter 13 B[lack] F[emale] Sept 1894"
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          "ref": "1940, United States, Census, 1940 - Adams, Mississippi, record concerning Beat 1, Adams, Mississippi, United States (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYLG-7P6), entry for Revvy Mary Lewis",
          "text": "Lewis, Revvy Mary sister in law f[emale] neg[ro] 20 [years old]"
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          "ref": "2003, Mary Abbott, Family Affairs: A History of the Family in 20th Century England, page 47:",
          "text": "'Revvy' Carter [...] got his nickname from working in the rectory garden. 'Mrs Revvy would yell ... her temper caused by over-work, close-air, bad teeth, and under nourishment'. Every night Revvy would say 'Up over the timber hill into blanket field', to Ernie in his arms. They always slept with the windows closed; Revvy in bed with Ernie,",
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          "ref": "2006 03, Dorinda Nusum, The Victory: The Sequel to Sins and Sacrifices, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 57:",
          "text": "\"Revvy, I never would have thought that you would be the kind of man who would let your ego get in the way of your serving God.\"",
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        },
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          "ref": "2020 May 26, Patti Callahan Henry, Losing the Moon, Penguin, →ISBN, page 136:",
          "text": "Revvy pulled a hunting knife from his back pocket and sliced open the gullet.",
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      ],
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          "text": "— Revvy, Daughter 13 B[lack] F[emale] Sept 1894"
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          "ref": "1940, United States, Census, 1940 - Adams, Mississippi, record concerning Beat 1, Adams, Mississippi, United States (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYLG-7P6), entry for Revvy Mary Lewis",
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