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单词 cheetie
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cheetien.int.

Brit. /ˈtʃiːti/, U.S. /ˈtʃidi/, Scottish English /ˈtʃiti/
Forms: 1800s– cheetie, 1800s– cheety, 1900s chuity (Roxburghshire).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cheet int., -y suffix6.
Etymology: < cheet int. + -y suffix6.
Scottish.
A cat; a proper or pet name for a cat. Also occasionally as int.: a call used to attract a cat's attention. Also more fully: cheetie pussy and variants.
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1844 G. Donald in D. Robertson Songs for Nursery 63/2 Cheetie! cheetie pussie..by fireside currin', sang contented purrin'.
1857 R. M. Ballantyne Coral Island (1887) xi. 130 ‘Poor pussy; chee, chee, chee; puss, puss, puss; cheetie pussy!’
1867 E. Johnston Autobiogr., Poems & Songs 129 Though but a cat I'll still revere Thy worth wi' pity, And ower yer memory drap a tear, Puir we cheetie.
1912 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo ii. 39 Quate as cheetie pussy, I got doon off the stule.
1939 A. A. Walker in Sc. National Dict. (1941) II. 89/1 [Kirkcudbrightshire] That's a nice wee cheetie you've got.
1987 H. Whyte Sc. Cat 4 It [sc. a mouse] couldna get a bite o cheese, For cheetie-pussie-cattie, O.
2005 D. Gabaldon Breath of Snow & Ashes cxxiv. 971 I found your wee cheetie in my bed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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