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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1964
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CHOONIE, n. Chewing gum (Ags. 1975).Ags. 1964 D. Phillips Hud Yer Tongue 32:
Playing in the streets, we saw the bobbed and shingled girls setting off in the evenings, their slippers wrapped in paper; some few escorted, but mostly in twos and threes; chattering gaily, cracking "choonie," shouting "we- ell'," to passing boys.
[Reduced dim. form of chewin (gum).]
