chappies
- plural of chappie.
Example Sentences
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After World War I, the chappies set the stylistic tone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
America is faced with overwhelming problems, the voters are deeply concerned about our future, and they’re happy little chappies in the cable news town hall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2016
But our chappies can cope with the terrorists.
From Time Magazine Archive
I knew lots of chappies down Washington Square way who started the evening at about 2 a.m.—artists and writers and what-not, who frolicked considerably till checked by the arrival of the morning milk.
From My Man Jeeves by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
Fashion just now to make a lot of fuss over Australian chappies, whatever they do.
From Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)
