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chollers

British  
/ ˈtʃɒləz /

plural noun

  1. dialect the jowls or cheeks

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of chollers

C18: perhaps from Old English ceolur throat. See jowl ²

Example Sentences

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As she spoke, teenage carollers nearby sang Christmas songs, collecting donations for the armed forces.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

Peter eventually confesses his feelings for Juliet silently, using cue cards and a boombox while pretending to be carollers at her front door.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2023

Instead a slew of carollers sang to the public from across the heavily-guarded fences of the Presidential Secretariat.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2023

They have the ragamuffin look of Christmas carollers, despite their fierce-sounding name: Roomful of Teeth.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 4, 2019

There were some thirty verses, and every mortal verse did these zealous carollers give us.

From The Little Manx Nation - 1891 by Caine, Hall, Sir

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