cheel

C3H4E1E1L1

noun

A girl.

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Meanings

nouncheel (plural cheels)

plural cheels

  1. CornwallarchaicA girl.

    […] boy or a cheel, faither?" "A boy — a very nice little boy, and mother never better."

    1914, Eden Phillpotts, The Judge's Chair, page 155

Origin

See obsolete sense of child, meaning "girl".

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

leechElcheleceh
Cite this entry
APA

cheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheel

MLA

“cheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheel. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheel.

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