Fixed - Spiv

Often in loud checks or stripes, mimicking the "zoot suits" popular in the United States.

In some contexts, a spiv can be:

In the cracked mirror of post-war Britain, the spiv appeared as a rakish ghost—louche, quick-fingered, and dressed just sharp enough to suggest means he didn’t legally possess. The word itself, spiv , is a smoky little cipher, possibly born from Romani or from wartime slang for “spiffy” turned sour. Whatever its roots, by the 1940s it named a familiar urban type: the man with no visible job but plenty of visible cash, a suitcase full of nylons, a wristwatch cheap but shiny, and a grin that said don’t ask where it came from . Often in loud checks or stripes, mimicking the

This look was a visual middle finger to the "Establishment." While the average man was expected to be a selfless, sober patriot, the spiv was unashamedly selfish and peacock-ish. The Spiv in Popular Culture Whatever its roots, by the 1940s it named