chuckie
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of chuckie
probably from chuck 1
Example Sentences
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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
Chuck or chuckie is a word of their time, and I dare say now, meaning "little pig."
From Old Plymouth Trails by Packard, Winthrop
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)
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
"I'm tryin'," she answered, without looking up, "to haud the life i' the chuckie."
From The Elect Lady by MacDonald, George
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