chile

plural chiles

1. USalternativeregionalAlternative spelling of chili.

plural chillun · plural chirren · alternative chyle

1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of child, representing Southern US and African-American Vernacular English.

   “I wants all the women and chillun and the old and the sick folks brought out.”

   1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 546

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   When I's a chile us play marbles and run rabbits and ride de stick hoss and de like.

   1936–1938, the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Texas, quoting Joe Barnes, Slave Narratives […], volume XVI (Texas Narratives), part 1, Washington, D.C., published 1941, →OCLC, page 45

   An award that she shoulda been awarded. And an award they might want to consider changing the name of. Because, chile. Literally. Child.

   2019 August 14, Random J, “Missy Elliott is finally getting a Video Vanguard award at the 2019 VMA's: The good, the bad and the messy”, in Random J Pop

alternative Chili

1. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.