chiel
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of chiel
C14: a Scot variant of child
Example Sentences
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Yes of course I am as jocund and elated as the next chiel at the success of Andy Murray and Chris Hoy and all those nice rowers and sailors.
From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2012
According to plan, she had mined England's chiel colonial ports, including Singapore.
From Time Magazine Archive
A lad, boy, fellow; possibly the same as chiel, childe.
From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry
"That night, a chiel might understand, The Deil had business on his hand."
From The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, by Pinkerton, Allan
Geordie Gordon being an able seaman, and a smart, active chiel, was made a forecastle-man, and I was stationed in the mizzentop.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
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