| Summary: | chummy1 n An' there was a feller, you know, had a _ he had a _ chummy, you know, on his ear, phone _ chummy for to _ when he want to come up now. He'd make three ot four plucks on the rope. (ie. object or person the name of whom/which the speaker does not immediately call to mind. "Thingy," "whatdoyoucallit" etc. First e.g. here refers to an object (probably an earpiece used by the diver for contact by underwater telephone). Second e.g. refers to a person - cp. _buddy_) Yes DNE-cit J.D.A. WIDDOWSON JAN 1973 Used I Used I 2 Used I BUDDY, MACHINE, chummy-fella, chummy-call, ~ -jigger, ~ -thing Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Mon 12 Oct 2015
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