Green’s Dictionary of Slang

kivey n.

a man.

1823		‘The good old days of Adam and Eve’ in Holloway & Black II (1979) 218: Along the streets they roll ye / In a chaise with a kiver, called Cabri-oley.
1854		‘Cuthbert Bede’ Adventures of Mr Verdant Green (1982) II 166: There’s a squelcher in the bread-basket, that’ll stop your dancing, my kivey!