2. Verb. (third-person singular of chortle) ¹
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Definition of Chortles
1. chortle [v] - See also: chortle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chortles
Literary usage of Chortles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Blendings of Synonymous Or Cognate Expressions in English: A Contribution by Gustaf Adolf Bergström (1906)
"Punch, ls/n 1884, 233": he brightens up and actually »chortles» with joy at the
idea of his own suggestion. Punch's Almanack 1885: That ..."
2. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
""A fair weather friend," chortles Lettie. "I always said so. ... So it was Lucy,
was it, who was the cause of all this? So that's why you're here! ..."
3. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1921)
"The meadow lark feels the swing of morning, chortles a carol of coming day; The
milkman tinkles down a stony street ; The merchant click-a-clacks past a row ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"... of chortles, " 0 yon miserable mortals, 'with KIM; FOG he arose, and be slily
tapped his nose, ..."
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