chappie
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chappies
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Origin of chappie
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Dan is a sort of cheeky chappie, always fun to be around.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2016
One cheeky chappie in the Russian blogosphere took my original image and cut-and-pasted a portrait of the two leaders on to the wall above the loos.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2014
Chelsea are now looking for a new mascot to satisfy Abramovich and POJT, and reports suggest former Extremadura supremo Rafa Benitez is the chappie they're going to get.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2012
But there's no bitterness from Fishwick, whose cheeky chappie, straight-talking Northerner schtick appears to come direct from central casting, although it's no less real for that.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2012
“Be’nt thick wold chappie our Wat that erst run lunatical?”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
After World War I, the chappies set the stylistic tone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
America is faced with overwhelming problems, the voters are deeply concerned about our future, and they’re happy little chappies in the cable news town hall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2016
But our chappies can cope with the terrorists.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shall I tell these chappies that they need not worry any further about their Queen, for that you are prepared to cure her, whatever her malady may happen to be?”
From The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa by Alec Ball
All a publisher has to do is to write cheques at intervals, while a lot of deserving and industrious chappies rally round and do the real work.
From My Man Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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