Chaffie

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A chaffinch. informal

    "Her red head dipped then came up like a chaffie's down by the linn, and she came silently across the yard towards him."

Example

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"Her red head dipped then came up like a chaffie's down by the linn, and she came silently across the yard towards him."

Etymology

From chaffinch + -ie.

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