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A portmanteau of poverty and hovel. Less than salubrious housing.
My mate Steve lives in a povel down Albert Street
Povel by Irtuk October 21, 2020
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Name: Like shovel, but with a 'p'
Hey, meet my mate Povel. It's like shovel, but with a 'p'.
Povel by QUICKRAM September 17, 2013
A term for the last finishing drinker or drinkers as it can be a collective, As you are waiting for the last person(s) to drink up: 'come on povey, drink up'

Has been adapted to also include anything that is slow, particaularly slow drivers, queues and bands that take ages to come on stage.

Slow Rover drivers can also be called "Povers", derived from a mix of povey and Rover.
"Stop being a povey and drink up"
"Come on povey!"
"Grrr, this guy is being such a povey"
povey by '74 '75 June 27, 2006
Description of a pov; someone who has bad taste, hygeine and is unconforming to many unspoken rules, and never makes an effort to impress or show off, similar to, but not the same as, a chav.
Fix those curtains, it looks Povey
Povey by VJ Ganesh January 15, 2011
Jamie is a povel
povel by scaryboat5 June 20, 2023
A word rhyming with lonely, it means when you are not in the company of a "special" friend of the opposite sex.
Goodness, I'm so ponely
Tell me about it, ponely is my middle name.
ponely by Becaww October 19, 2009