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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1865

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CHUCKLE, v.2 To nurse, look after, lavish affection upon; to “chum up with” (Abd.4 1929).Mry. 1865 W. H. L. Tester Poems 144:
She's ower fat an' ower muckle, An' she's four brats to chuckle.

[Prob. from the clucking or chuckling of the hen for or over her chickens.]

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