chucky

[ chuhk-ee ]

noun,plural chuck·ies.British Dialect.

Origin of chucky

First recorded in 1720–30; chuck³ + -y²

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Much of what passes for political coverage these days is (to borrow a phrase) “bad chucky.”
Wanted: Less Terrible Political Coverage on TV | Matt Lewis | November 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Please note that CURSE OF chucky is now available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download.
Chucky, the Possessed Doll, on His Favorite Kills—and Katherine Heigl | Chucky | October 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
What the ladies of the Real Housewives of New Jersey call a “ chucky,” the Jersey Shore roommates refer to as a “kookah.”
Best Jersey Shore Moments | Jaimie Etkin | September 24, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
The ladies from The Real Housewives of New Jersey discuss the "puffy chucky" issue.
The Real Jersey Dictionary | Jaimie Etkin | August 2, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
What think you of to-day at two o'clock—just a roasted chucky and a drappit egg?'
Red Gauntlet | Sir Walter Scott

Poor chucky had found it quite impossible to accept the new arrangement.
Toto's Merry Winter | Laura E. Richards
"So long, chucky," the lady with the damaged feather said to him.
Fortitude | Hugh Walpole
The subject of our memoir was born in 1786, on the banks of Nola-chucky river, he being the fifth son.
Curiosities of Human Nature | Anonymous
"Let's go and see how old chucky gets on," he said good-naturedly, when the man vanished.
The Louisa Alcott Reader | Louisa M. Alcott

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