chappie

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A form of chappy — A chap; a fellow.

UncommonScrabble 16

Meanings

nounchappie (plural chappies)

plural chappies

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of chappy.
    1 more example

    Now Henry knows dead cert he′s in for a stoush, but Snake-hips says he should go with him, and out on Nymagee-street Henry Lawson refuses a twenty-pound note, and the two men shake and Henry accepts the next billiards game, doubles with Snake-hips (who plays even worse than Henry), the Minister for Public Instruction, and the Austrian chappie.

    2006, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push, page 200

Origin

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APA

chappie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chappie

MLA

“chappie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chappie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chappie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chappie.

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