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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1885

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CHINKIE, n. The chin. Known to Bnff.2 1940.Lth. 1885 W. Rankine in “J. Strathesk” More Bits from Blinkbonny xv.:
No' a spunk o' fire To stop the chitterin' chinkie!

[Prob. a contracted form of a double dim. *chin-ockie, or phs. a variant of chintie in Chintie-chin, q.v., by the common interchange of t and k.]

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