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cheel

cheel noun: a girl.

Noun

cheel (plural cheels)

  1. (Cornwall, archaic) A girl.
    • […] boy or a cheel, faither?"
      "A boy — a very nice little boy, and mother never better."1914, Eden Phillpotts, The Judge's Chair, page 155

Forms of cheel

pluralcheels

Origin of cheel

See obsolete sense of child, meaning "girl".

Questions about cheel

What does cheel mean?
Cheel means a girl.
What part of speech is cheel?
Cheel is a noun.
What is the plural of cheel?
The plural of cheel is cheels.

Words near cheel in the dictionary

  1. cheeky Vimto
  2. cheeky Vimtos
  3. cheeky yam
  4. cheeky yams
  5. cheekyness
  6. cheel
  7. cheela
  8. cheelam
  9. cheelams
  10. cheelas
  11. Cheely

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