Charley
or Char·lie
[chahr-lee]
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Examples from the Web for charley
Contemporary Examples
Furry asked, looking at Charley with serious, businesslike gray eyes.
We were at the Bitter Lemon now, Furry, Versie, Charley and I, waiting for the crowd to arrive.
Charley started to knock, and then we heard the music and he waited.
We shook his hand, then Charley introduced me to Furry and we all sat down.
Charley, a tall, blond young man, bent to shake hands with Furry.
Historical Examples
Have you any living that Charley Merton could hold with his own?
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
"Charley, boy, I am innocent," he breathed in the boy's ear.
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
And Charley, unlucky Charley, had managed to get into hot water with the college school.
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
We'll pay out Miss Charley in some way, but it shan't be by beating him.
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
"It's Charley Channing that's the donkey; not me," cried Tod, fiercely.
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood