chuckie
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of chuckie
probably from chuck 1
Example Sentences
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It was but this day at dinner time that Jock cried out, 'Whatna daft-like chuckie hen!
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)
"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 MacDonald, George
"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
Then it laid its burdens on the thatch, and, flying down to the courtyard, picked up a number of little chuckie stones.
From The Scottish Fairy Book by Grierson, Elizabeth Wilson
Chuck or chuckie is a word of their time, and I dare say now, meaning "little pig."
From Old Plymouth Trails by Packard, Winthrop
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