"keep cave" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /kiːp ˈkeɪvi/ Forms: keeps cave [present, singular, third-person], keeping cave [participle, present], kept cave [participle, past], kept cave [past]
enPR: kēp kāʹvē Etymology: Used at Eton College, Berkshire, England. See cave (“look out, beware”). Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> cave}} keep cave (third-person singular simple present keeps cave, present participle keeping cave, simple past and past participle kept cave)
  1. (British, school slang) To maintain vigilance. Wikipedia link: Eton College Tags: British Synonyms: keep a lookout, keep watch
    Sense id: en-keep_cave-en-verb-gQ1uAlmK Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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      "form": "keeps cave",
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          "ref": "1899 January, Rudyard Kipling, “An Unsavoury Interlude”, in Stalky & Co., London: Macmillan & Co., published 1899, →OCLC, page 73:",
          "text": "I vote we go down and explore. No one will come up this time o' day. We needn't keep cavé.",
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        {
          "ref": "1911, Cosmo Hamilton, “Why Cupid Came to Earl’s Court”, in Short Plays for Small Stages, page 9:",
          "text": "I'll keep cave for ten minutes.",
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        {
          "ref": "1912, Ethel Turner, Seven Little Australians, page 154:",
          "text": "Pip was mounting guard at the shed, and had undertaken to get Judy safely away, and Bunty had been stationed on the back verandah to keep cave and whistle three times if there was any danger.",
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    {
      "ipa": "/kiːp ˈkeɪvi/"
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          "ref": "1899 January, Rudyard Kipling, “An Unsavoury Interlude”, in Stalky & Co., London: Macmillan & Co., published 1899, →OCLC, page 73:",
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          "ref": "1911, Cosmo Hamilton, “Why Cupid Came to Earl’s Court”, in Short Plays for Small Stages, page 9:",
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