chuckie
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of chuckie
probably from chuck 1
Example Sentences
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"I'm tryin'," she answered, without looking up, "to haud the life i' the chuckie."
From The Elect Lady by MacDonald, George
Eh," she cried, starting up, "ye made me forget my chuckie wi' yer questions!
From The Elect Lady by MacDonald, George
Auld chuckie Reekie's^1 sair distrest, Down droops her ance weel burnish'd crest, Nae joy her bonie buskit nest Can yield ava, Her darling bird that she lo'es best— Willie's awa!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
That caused much merriment, for we all laughed to think of a chuckie hopping and standing upon but one leg.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Gar wood's ill to grow; chuckie stanes are ill to chow.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
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