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Quotation dates: 1993-2000
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CHOOKIE, n.3 Jocular Sc. form of Eng. Duke of...Sc. 1993 Sunday Times 11 Jul :
Nationalist freedom fighters would naturally hit back at the nearest Chookie Wellington, situated conveniently just down the street, and the chain of atrocities could then spread like wildfire across the land to the Glenfinnan monument, Flora Macdonald at Inverness and all the way up to the Chookie Sutherland at Golspie.Sc. 1996 Scotland on Sunday 22 Dec 17:
Labour's Jack McConnell gets a wipeable slate to make the revisions to devolution policy easier to jot down; for Michael Forsyth a set of worry-beads made from a lump of sandstone; for the Chookie Embra there's a copy of Knockin' On Heaven's Door and a Mod parka with a target on the back, ...Sc. 1998 Daily Record 10 Mar 16:
So Phil-who-gets-paid-for-walking-one-pace-behind wants to keep the titles "His and Her Royal Highness".
Well, he would, wouldn't he? Being an HRH has given the Chookie Embra a good living.Sc. 2000 Scotsman 9 Jun 16:
The Duke of Hamilton has found the common touch. ...
A senior civil servant recalls a trip in a government limo with the chookie's wee brother, Lord James.
