Meanings
noun
- pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of children (plural of chile (“child”)), representing Southern US and African-American Vernacular English
“I wants to know why you bringin‘ white chillun to nigger church.”
1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC1 more example
[Pogo, to kids:] All right, chillun! The Sunday school lesson is on page 4.
1960 April 3, Walt Kelly, Pogo, Sunday, comic strip, →ISBN, page 280
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APA
chillun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chillun
MLA
“chillun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chillun. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chillun,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chillun.
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