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Definition of Chinchy
1. Adjective. Embarrassingly stingy.
Definition of Chinchy
1. stingy [adj CHINCHIER, CHINCHIEST] - See also: stingy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinchy
Literary usage of Chinchy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Amenities of Literature, Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English by Isaac Disraeli (1842)
"... And heve purse with Herle liberal Quencheth the thirsty heat of Hertes drie,
Where chinchy Herte' f hath thereof but small." This " mirror of riot and ..."
2. History of England Under Henry the Fourth by James Hamilton Wylie (1896)
"... and the city showed its joy in jousts and feasting;" but they kept him on such
chinchy 8 rations, that he used to say that as a Bishop he was rich, ..."
3. Amenities of Literature: Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English by Isaac Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli (1864)
"... Where chinchy Herte t hath thereof bat small" This " mirror of riot and excess "
effected a discovery; and it was, that all the mischiefs which he ..."
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