chuckie
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of chuckie
probably from chuck 1
Example Sentences
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Gar wood's ill to grow; chuckie stanes are ill to chow.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
"Me savey cook 'im, and gard'in', and milk 'im, and chuckie, and fishin' and shootin' wild duck."
From We of the Never-Never by Gunn, Jeannie
"I maun jist bran'er this chuckie for his supper."
From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by MacDonald, George
Her house sae bien, her curch sae clean I wat she is a daintie chuckie; And cheery blinks the ingle-gleed O' Lady Onlie, honest Lucky!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
While he was putting the plate down under the settle Mr. Traill heard an amazed whisper "He's gien the doggie a chuckie bane."
From Greyfriars Bobby by Atkinson, Eleanor Stackhouse
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