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chatts

chatts noun: lice.

Noun

chatts pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete, plural, plural-only) lice.

Origin of chatts

From chattels (“cattle”), apparently because lice is a beggar’s livestock.

Questions about chatts

What does chatts mean?
Chatts means lice.
What part of speech is chatts?
Chatts is a noun.

Words near chatts in the dictionary

  1. Chatton
  2. Chattooga
  3. Chattooga County
  4. Chattopadhyay
  5. Chattos
  6. chatts
  7. chatty
  8. Chatty Cathies
  9. Chatty Cathy
  10. Chatty G
  11. chaturam

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