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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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CHUCK, n.¹ A Sc. form of St.Eng. chick, a chicken; found also in Eng. dial. (mainly n.). Known to Bnff.², Abd. Correspondents, Ags.¹⁷, Fif.¹⁰ 1940. Dim. chuckie, chucky. [tʃʌk]Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems II. 226:
But wicked Luck, just as the Priest Shot in his Fork on Chucky's Breast, Th' unwelcome Miller ga'e a Roar.Ags. 1934 A. H. Rea Corner o' the Field 20:
The chuckies used to follow her when she gaed toddlin' in.Rnf. 1807 R. Tannahill Poems and Songs 47:
In short, the twa soon grew sae pack, Chuck roosted upon pussie's back!

Comb. chuckie-cheese, young shoots of the wild-rose, Rosa canina, as a favourite morsel for birds (e.Lth. 1900; Lth. 1920 People's Journal (6 March 1948)). Cf. cheese and breid s.v. Cheese, n.¹, 5. A (1).