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chesty, a.|ˈtʃɛstɪ|
[f. chest n.1 9 + -y1.]
1. U.S. slang. Conceited and self-assertive; having one's chest thrust out as a sign of self-importance. Also quasi-adv., in to walk chesty.
1900Ade Fables in Slang 90 Zoroaster and Zendaresta continued to walk chesty and tell people how good they were. 1901‘H. McHugh’ John Henry 57 It isn't quite as chesty as ‘David Harum’, but there's more poetry in it. 1903N.Y. Sun 29 Nov. 26 His school reputation..may have had the effect of enlarging his self-esteem. He may have been a bit chesty, as it is known in the vernacular of the campus. 1912C. Mathewson Pitching iii. 69 The team had won the championship in 1900, and naturally they were all pretty chesty. 1950A. Lomax Mr. Jelly Roll (1952) 148 George was a little bit chesty, because all the girls around were making eyes at him.
2. Inclined to or symptomatic of weakness or disease of the chest; see also quot. 1934. colloq.
1930J. Cannan No Walls of Jasper xv. 265 The family solicitor—he'd a cold too, but a chesty one. 1934Webster, Chesty, ..having chest tones. colloq. 1945E. Taylor At Mrs Lippincote's xx. 175 ‘That is a nasty cough you have, Felicity,’ said Julia. ‘I have always been a bit chesty.’ 1967Guardian 7 Dec. 8/5 Many of these children are chesty, prone to colds.
b. Of a woman: having prominent breasts. colloq.
1955M. Dickens Winds of Heaven vi. 168 A chesty girl in a sweater.
Hence ˈchestily adv., in a chesty (sense 1) manner (U.S. slang); ˈchestiness, the condition or quality of being chesty (in any of the senses above).
1908G. H. Lorimer J. Spurlock iii. 59 So I explained rather chestily to Horton. ‘Of course, I didn't send those notes; but it was done by one of my authorized agents.’ 1909Cent. Dict. Suppl., Chestiness, the feelings, attitude, or manner of a ‘chesty’ person; defiant self-assertiveness. 1910O. Johnson Varmint xiii. 181 Why so much chestiness?..I haven't sold anything to any of you, have I? 1931Kansas City Times 26 June, A Clinton man chestily announces that he does not fear divorce. 1959Woman's Own 7 Nov. 4/3, I wondered if you could give me any tips for preventing..‘chestiness’? |