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▪ I. ‖ chatty, n. Anglo-Ind.|ˈtʃati|
[Hindī chāṭī earthen vessel or pitcher.]
An East Indian pot for water; spec. a porous earthen water-pot or jar.
1781in Lives of Lindsays III. 285 (Y.) We drank his [majesty's] health in a chatty of sherbet. 1816‘Quiz’ Grand Master iv. 92 note, The chatties are vessels made of earth, of little or no value. 1839Marryat Phant. Ship xxxiii, Pedro came in with a chatty of water. 1865Livingstone Zambesi vii. 169 Earthen pots, like Indian chatties. 1887Pall Mall G. 21 Oct. 11/2 Playing with wooden spoons on brass chatties.
▪ II. chatty, a.1|ˈtʃætɪ|
[f. chat n.1 + -y.]
Given to chat or light easy talk.
a1762Lady M. W. Montague Lett. I. 35 (T.) As chatty as your parrot. 1795W. Seward Anecd. ii. 260 (Jod.) He was very chatty in conversation. 1882C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xix. 143 A chatty and readable column.
▪ III. ˈchatty, a.2
[f. chat n.7 + -y.]
(See quot.)
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Chatty, lousy. |