Meanings
chinny1
chinny2
plural chinnies
- informalA chinchilla.
Chinnies are rodents, so they chew-chew-chew! Make sure there are no electrical cords or other dangerous or important things within reach of his teeth.
2006, Jane Harrington, Bill Henderson, Extreme Pets, →ISBN, page 69
chinny3
Origin
chinny · noun
- New Latinchinensis
- Englishchinny
From New Latin chinensis + -y.
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