Past tense of divvy; divided or distributed something into shares, especially money or goods.
From divvy, which is short for 'divide.' This is informal/slang English that compressed 'divide' into 'divvy,' then adds -ed for past tense. The word became popular in working-class British English.
Divvy is pure British slang genius—someone took 'divide' and shortened it to something you could say quickly while passing out money or splitting a pizza, and it caught on so well it's in the dictionary now.
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