Then I put it in my coat tail pocket, but I was kept all the time on the qui Vivers, afeerd sum pickpocket would steal it.
"Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia"
Seba Smith
He bitterly complained of the unwillingness of the country-people to furnish Vivers, waggons, and other necessaries, for the fort before Zutphen.
"History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89, Vol. II. Complete"
John Lothrop Motley Last Updated: February 7, 2009
He caught a fever in the French camp, where he was dispensing Vivers and provends out of English hampers.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith