chummies

Noun

chummy (plural chummies)

1. Synonym of chum (“friend, pal”).
   • Meanwhile the Tommies had discovered several large tins of ham in the captured lorry. 'That,' said the big Nazi, 'is for our tea.' 'No,' said a Tommy sergeant-major. 'That's for our tea. For you, chummy, we've kept a nice bit of bull.'1949, Stephen Peter Llewellyn, Journey Towards Christmas, page 142

   Synonyms:

   chum

2. (obsolete) A chimney sweep; or a sweep's assistant, especially a young boy.
   • Up in the Coombe with chummies and streetwalkers and then the rest of the year as sober as a judge.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 8: Laestrygonians]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 159
3. (slang) Nickname for a person, especially a suspect or criminal.
   • What happens when the Old Bill turns up and want to look at 'chummies^([sic]) dental records, guv, 'cos 'e's bitten a bloke's ear off in the pub'?2002, Roy C. Lilley, Paul Lambden, The Tool Kit for Dental Risk Management, page 21
4. (dated) A felt hat with a low crown.
   • When Nipper was bowling he came in to the silliest of silly points, put his chummy hat well over his eyes, spat on his hands and generally annoyed the batsman so much that he lost his temper, […]1933, Christopher Bush, Return, page 133
5. (English, Newfoundland) A person or thing with a name that one cannot immediately recall.

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