chuckie
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of chuckie
probably from chuck 1
Example Sentences
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"I maun jist bran'er this chuckie for his supper."
From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by George MacDonald
"She may lay 'at she likes, but it's no ilka egg laid has a chuckie intill 't," answered Miss Horn sententiously.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
My compliments to sister Beckie, And eke the same to honest Lucky; I wat she is a daintie chuckie, As e'er tread clay; And gratefully, my gude auld cockie, I'm yours for aye.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
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 Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson
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 S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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