Charlie
Charley
or Char·lie
Examples from the Web for charlies
Historical Examples
Not that he had any exalted idea of Charlies ability as a farmer.
Pickett's GapHomer Greene
Since Charlies arrival, the night before, no word had passed between them.
Pickett's GapHomer Greene
With Charlies toy drum strung round his neck on a narrow blue ribbon, he was distinctly mirth-inspiring.
Marjorie Dean College FreshmanPauline Lester
Their sylvan life, Pamelas and Charlies, was almost as unknown to her as that of the birds they watched.
Christmas Roses and Other StoriesAnne Douglas Sedgwick
It was early spring when Charlies wife died; it was late August now.
Pickett's GapHomer Greene
charlie
- British informal a silly person; fool
- Australian old-fashioned, informal a girl or woman
Word Origin
Charlie1
- communications a code word for the letter c
Charlie2
Charley
- US and Australian military slang a member of the Vietcong or the Vietcong collectivelyCharlie hit us with rockets
Word Origin
Charlie3
- slang cocaine
Word Origin and History for charlies
Charlie
masc. proper name, familiar form of Charles (also see -y (3)); 1965 in Vietnam War U.S. military slang for "Vietcong, Vietcong soldier," probably suggested by Victor Charlie, military communication code for V.C. (as abbreviation of Viet Cong), perhaps strengthened by World War II slang use of Charlie for Japanese soldiers, which itself is probably an extension of the 1930s derogatory application of Charlie to any Asian man, from fictional Chinese detective Charlie Chan.
Other applications include "a night watchman" (1812); "a goatee beard" (1834, from portraits of King Charles I and his contemporaries); "a fox" (1857); "a woman's breasts" (1874); "an infantryman's pack" (World War I); and "a white man" (Mr. Charlie), 1960, American English, from black slang.