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  • chinny briar, chinny bush
    [cf. CHANEY VINE] n. a plant, probably Smilax havanensis: Chinny briar fine-fine, with plenty prickle. (Adelaide)
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  • chinker
    See CHEE-CHEE.
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  • Chinese roach
    [US Black idem (Labov 1972:317); cf. DJE "Chiney ...implies small size] n. the small German cockroach (Blattella germanica) as opposed to the three-inch
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  • Chinee shop
    [Car.; cf. US dial. South, Black cheny store idem ADD; cf. CHINEE; cf. Réunion Cr. Fr. "Le creole ne dit pas 'aller
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  • Chinee, Chiny
    /cháyni/ [Atlantic; cf. OED China a Chinese obs. → 1634; "Chinese , . ,a sing. Chinee has arisen in vulgar use in U.S.
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  • Chine
    (Mayag.); chime (Inagua, San Sal.) [cf. OED chime, chine idem; Scots chine idem CSD] n. rim (of a barrel): 1966 Rabby.
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  • chinchy
    adj. 1. [US dial. idem ADD; OED, niggardly obs. 1653] stingy: That man so chinchy! All them dilly on he tree
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  • chin-chin
    See CHEE-CHEE
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  • chich or chinch up
    [cf. MCC chíncha idem; cf. OED chinse to caulk, now nautical] v. to caulk; to seal (a crack) by wedging
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  • chinchary
    [cf. Vir. chichery idem (Seaman)] n. the gray kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis: 1960 (Bond 150). cf. CHICKCHANNY 2 (Andros)
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