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Definition of Chippie
1. chippy [n -S] - See also: chippy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chippie
Literary usage of Chippie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oyster Bay Town Records by Daniel Underhill (1916)
"... witnesseth that ye Sd old chippie & Will: chippie for Divers good Causes ...
of us old chippie Jonathan Harnet O John White The marke X of Will: chippie ..."
2. The Dance at Joe Chevalier, and Other Poems by Wilmot Alexander Ketcham (1904)
"An jes den a chippie-bird done come an light on de fence ... dines," and wid dat
he done make a dive fer de chippie, an de chippie fly down towa'd de groun, ..."
3. Our Animal Friends: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1894)
"Notice that sudden start as a chippie (S. domestica, Coues) alights alongside of
him. See how the feathers stand up on his head, like the hair on the back ..."
4. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1872)
"HL As you have warned him out once, Mr. chippie notifies you in return that he
leaves your house ... Come, Father chippie! I have a carriage at the door. ..."
5. Wake-robin by John Burroughs (1904)
"When its foster parent is a small bird like "chippie" or one of the warblers,
... Last season I saw a cow-bunting fully grown following a " chippie" sparrow ..."
6. The Study of Nature by Samuel Christian Schmucker (1908)
"Soon we learned to put a plate on the veranda for chippie, and on the plate ...
The chippie grew quite at home and would take a nut kernel from the hand of ..."
7. Under the Maples by John Burroughs (1921)
""chippie" has never learned the art of nest-building in trees. She is a poor
architect. She should have kept to the ground or to the low bushes. ..."
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