chummy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃʌ.mɪ/
enpr: chŭm'-ē
rhymes: -ʌmɪ
Forms: form: chummies
Etymology: From chum + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile the Tommies had discovered several large tins of ham in the captured lorry. 'That,' said the big Nazi, 'is for our tea.' 'No,' said a Tommy sergeant-major. 'That's for our tea. For you, chummy, we've kept a nice bit of bull.'
ref: 1949, Stephen Peter Llewellyn, Journey Towards Christmas, page 142:
text: Sonny's knotted, distrustful face relaxed all at once. "You're goddamned right about that, chummy!" he exclaimed.
ref: 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
glosses: Synonym of chum (“friend, pal”).
synonyms: word: chum
extra: friend, pal
glosses: A boy who works for a chimney sweep.
examples: text: What happens when the Old Bill turns up and want to look at 'chummies^([sic]) dental records, guv, 'cos 'e's bitten a bloke's ear off in the pub'?
ref: 2002, Roy C. Lilley, Paul Lambden, The Tool Kit for Dental Risk Management, page 21:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Nickname for a person, especially a suspect or criminal.
examples: text: When Nipper was bowling he came in to the silliest of silly points, put his chummy hat well over his eyes, spat on his hands and generally annoyed the batsman so much that he lost his temper, […]
ref: 1933, Christopher Bush, Return, page 133:
text: Joy Banham recalled that in 1942, some three years into the war, when the privilege of wearing the tricorn hat was extended to petty officers: 'While I was at St David's the new tricorn hats for Petty Officers came on stream. As new girls were drafted to us they came wearing the new hats. Whereas we still had the old canvas “chummies” and we were quite envious.
ref: quoted in 2021, Peter Hore, Bletchley Park's Secret Source (page 52)
glosses: A felt hat with a low crown.
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glosses: A person or thing with a name that one cannot immediately recall.