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nounchiel (plural chiels)
plural chiels
- alternativeAlternative form of chield.
"And yet the chiel has shown us once before that he knows what he's talking about."
1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC1 more example
"'Don’t, my chiel,' whispered a buxom staylace dealer in voluminous petticoats, who sat near the woman; ‘yer good man don’t know what he's saying.'"
1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge
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chiel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiel
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“chiel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiel. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chiel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiel.
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