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chaffie

chaffie noun: a chaffinch.

Noun

chaffie (plural chaffies)

  1. (informal) A chaffinch.
    • Her red head dipped then came up like a chaffie's down by the linn, and she came silently across the yard towards him.2013, Andrew Greig, When They Lay Bare

Forms of chaffie

pluralchaffies

Origin of chaffie

From chaffinch + -ie.

Questions about chaffie

What does chaffie mean?
Chaffie means a chaffinch.
What part of speech is chaffie?
Chaffie is a noun.
What is the plural of chaffie?
The plural of chaffie is chaffies.

Words near chaffie in the dictionary

  1. chafferings
  2. chaffern
  3. chafferns
  4. chaffers
  5. chaffery
  6. chaffie
  7. chaffier
  8. chaffies
  9. chaffiest
  10. chaffily
  11. Chaffin

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