chappy

plural chappies

1. UKinformalA chap; a fellow.

   Synonyms: man

comparative more chappy · superlative most chappy

1. Full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open.
2. rareperhaps archaicChapped, dry.

   The application was followed at once by terrible pain in the wound; furthermore, there appeared a dry and chappy tongue, intolerable thirst, colics, cramplike contractions of the legs and back, and a weak and irregular pulse.

   1939, National Health Review, volumes 7–9, page 220

1. abbreviationclippingcolloquialClipping of Chappaquiddick Island: an island of Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, east of Martha's Vineyard.

   Because it's the only method of transportation between the two islands and a surprising number of people live on Chappy year-round, the ferry runs daily.

   2017 May 23, Kim Grant, Explorer's Guide Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, & Nantucket (11th Edition) (Explorer's Complete) (Explorer's Complete), The Countryman Press, →ISBN, →OCLC

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   But reality is change, so new houses and people were appearing on Chappy as on the rest of the Vineyard, and they would continue to appear; the old days were gone with the wind, like the antebellum South.

   2006 June 9, Philip R. Craig, Dead in Vineyard Sand: Martha's Vineyard Mystery #17 (Martha’s Vineyard Mysteries), Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

   A more recent second breach has created an additional tiny island between the Vineyard and Chappy, further separating us and increasing the tenderness of the southern shore.

   2010, Susan Klein, MARTHA'S VINEYARD: Now & Zen: Communities, Traditions, and Transformations, Alan Brigish, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 57