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chi-ikes

chi-ikes is the plural of chi-ike.

Meaning of chi-ike

Noun

chi-ike (plural chi-ikes)

  1. (UK, obsolete) A hearty, often light-heartedly sarcastic, greeting.
    • I lifted my lamps and saw BILLY. We did a good chi-ike, you bet!
      “Watcher, BILLY, old buster!” says I,[…]2006, Edwin James Milliken, edited by Patricia Marks, The ′Arry Ballads: An Annotated Collection of the Verse Letters by Punch Editor E.J. Milliken, page 95
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, obsolete, slang) A noisy hubbub

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Questions about chi-ikes

What is chi-ikes the plural of?
Chi-ikes is the plural of chi-ike.

Words near chi-ikes in the dictionary

  1. chi-ching
  2. Chi-chou
  3. Chi-hsi
  4. chi-ike
  5. chi-iked
  6. chi-ikes
  7. chi-iking
  8. Chi-lin
  9. Chi-lung
  10. Chi-nan
  11. Chi-ning

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