Example Sentences

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"A cheeky chappy - the Del Boy of football."

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Before I picked up Moby’s new memoir, Porcelain, I thought of him as a small, bald, cheeky chappy who made tuneful dance music.

From The Guardian • May 21, 2016

Even Ward’s cheeky chappy interjections can’t rescue some parts of the book from tedium.

From Slate • May 7, 2015

The cheeky chappy is a highly skilled dancer and will be hoping to show off a body pop or two on the ice!

From Children's BBC • Dec. 18, 2012

Have Norns chappy fingers, skinny lips, and beards?

From Elizabethan Demonology by Spalding, Thomas Alfred