name
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Froyſard, a Countreyman of ours, records, / England all Oliuers and Rowlands breed, / During the time Edward the third did raigne: […]
"My name is Oliver, sir," replied the little invalid with a look of great astonishment. "Oliver," said Mr. Brownlow; "Oliver what? Oliver White,—eh?" "No, sir, Twist,—Oliver Twist." "Queer name," said the old gentleman. What made you tell the magistrate your name was White?"
A surname originating as a patronymic.
“I appreciate your curiosity,” Oliver answers in hurried monotone without inflection or pauses for punctuation.
A placename
A placename
A placename
adj
Drunk, pissed.
noun
A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.
I hear, with the song that she sings me in lullaby tones, / The noise of the nailshops, the ringing of hammers, the groans / Of deep-heaving bellows, the "oliver's" thud on the die, […]