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chirren

American  
[chir-uhn] / ˈtʃɪr ən /

plural noun

Chiefly Southern U.S.
  1. children.


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He inhabits a blues-toned, all-black world of juke joints, odd jobs and broken people wrestling with the same dilemma: "If all you got is two po'k chops an' ten chirren, what you gonna do?"

From Time Magazine Archive

“What Angelo’s gonna do if he gets himself kicked off the force? And him with three chirren to support.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

I’m-a go to my grave knowing my chirren is free, and me and Chester gonna be going home too.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Ma Charles went on tsk-tsking about “these chirren today.”

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

But some chirren got on after us and he didn’t say nothing to ’em!

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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