Etymology

chinny chin chin

Today it means: The chin (jawline below the mouth). Full definition →

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The story

Originally from a repeated line of dialogue in the British nursery rhyme "The Three Little Pigs", where the term was used for rhythmic effect: "No, no, by the hair of my chinny chin chin."

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