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chincapin

British  
/ ˈtʃɪŋkəpɪn /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of chinquapin

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Upon my word, chincapin," said he, "we haven't opened that basket yet!

From Dotty Dimple Out West by May, Sophie

Our tea-sets were bits of dishes That mother had thrown away, With chincapin saucers and acorn-cups; And our dolls slept on moss and hay.

From The Nursery, Number 164 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers by Various

Oh! these are to thresh the chincapin bushes, when 30 we get there!

From Her Mother's Secret by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

Oh! please, where are the big chincapin thickets we have heard so much about?” inquired Elva, in whose ideas these nuts were, after all, the most immediately important item in their errand to the farm.

From Her Mother's Secret by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

Summer grapes hung their just ripened clusters from the vine-laden saplings, and the chincapin bushes were starred with opening burrs.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 by Various