chune

plural chunes

1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of tune.

   1 more example

   "My gran'father, you see, was out there above in the bog, dhrawin' home turf, an' the poor ould mare was tir't afther her day's work, an' the ould man wint out to the stable to look afther her, an' to see if she was aitin' her hay; an' whin he come to the stable door there, my dear, he h'ard sumthin' hammerin', hammerin', hammerin', jist for all the wurld like a shoemaker makin' a shoe, and whis'lin' all the time the purtiest chune he iver h'ard in his whole life afore."

   1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 383