chummyn.¹

Brit.

/ˈtʃʌmi/, U.S.

/ˈtʃəmi/

Etymology: < chumley = chimney n.

dialect and colloquial.

a. A chimney-sweeper's boy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [noun] > cleaning chimneys > one who > boy

climbing-boy1785

chummy1834

1834 in Notes & Queries (1963) Apr. 137/1 (title) Sweep, sweep, sweep! or, the revolt of the chummies.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 338 He 'ad been a chummy.

1844 W. M. Thackeray Greenwich in Wks. (1886) XXIII. 380 The hall..was decorated with banners and escutcheons of deceased chummies.

1859 W. H. Gregory Egypt I. 154 His shrill voice high up aloft, like a chummy's on a London summer morn.

1890 Daily Tel. 11 Jan. 5/4 The small ‘chummies’..assembled at the house of the Chimney-sweepers' Guild.

b. A chimney-sweeper of any age.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [noun] > cleaning chimneys > one who

chimney-sweeper?1518

sweep-chimney1657

lily-white1699

chimney-sweep1709

sooterkin1795

sweepy1798

sweep1812

ramoneura1859

chummy1860

chimney-cleanser1905

chimney-cleaner1906

fluonomist1946

1860 in J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang (ed. 2)

1954 News Chron. 15 Mar. 6/4 A chummy is an ordinary sweep.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

chummyn.²

Brit.

/ˈtʃʌmi/, U.S.

/ˈtʃəmi/

Etymology: < chum n.¹ + -y suffix⁴ diminutive suffix.

colloquial.

1. = chum n.¹

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend > close or intimate friend

belamy?c1225

friarc1290

specialc1300

necessaryc1384

familiar?c1400

great frienda1425

gossea1549

particular1577

shopfellow?1577

cockmate1578

privado1584

bosom friend1590

better half1596

ingle1602

inward1607

bully boy1609

bosom-piecea1625

hail-fellow1650

bosom-bird1655

intimate1660

crony1665

intimado1682

chum1684

friend of one's bosom1712

right bower1829

inquaintancea1834

cad1836

chummy1849

bond-friend1860

raggie1901

bosom1913

aceboy1951

boon coon1951

mellow1967

squeeze1980

acegirl2009

1849 H. Melville Mardi I. iii. 22 For be it known that, in sea-parlance, we were chummies... Now this chummying among sailors is..a co-partnership..a bond of love and good feeling.

1898 W. S. Gilbert Bab Ballads (ed. 6) 543 Old chummies at the Charterhouse were Robinson and he.

2. Police slang. A prisoner; a person accused or detained.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > awaiting trial or held in custody

prisoner at the bar1556

détenu1803

detainee1928

chummy1948

undertrial1966

1948 Free-Lance Writer Apr. 54/1 Prisoners are often called ‘chummy’.

1965 Daily Mail 27 Mar. 6/7 Borrowing from..police jargon, the Toms [sc. prostitutes] have taken to calling the murderer ‘Chummy’. The murder squad call all their clients ‘Chummy’.

1969 D. Clark Nobody's Perfect iv. 124 We could get Chummy into the dock and pleading guilty, but we'd not get a verdict.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

chummyadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈtʃʌmi/, U.S.

/ˈtʃəmi/

Etymology: < chum n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

colloquial.

A. adj.

Intimate, sociable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar

homelya1387

familiarc1405

familarya1500

internal1581

intrinsical1602

intimated1606

intrinsic1613

intimea1618

intimous1619

domestica1631

intimate1635

pack1686

thickc1756

throng1768

versant1787

solid1882

chummy1884

tutoyant1899

cosy1927

schmoozy1954

tight1956

1884 Harper's Mag. Sept. 536/2 I..saw them form into small chummy groups.

1888 Illustr. London News Christmas No. 7/1 Be as chummy with him as you can.

B. n.

A motor vehicle designed to give comfortable accommodation for a small group of people (e.g. three or four).

ΚΠ

1924 Morris Owner Sept. 683 This ‘Chummy’ carries a very heavy luggage load on its travels.

Compounds

C1. Applied to a type of motor body intended to give comfortable accommodation for a small group.

ΚΠ

1922 Autocar 10 Nov. 963/2 The ‘chummy’ body has been laid out with the idea of providing comfortable seating accommodation for three adults, or two adults and two children.

1924 Morris Owner Apr. 143 A ‘chummy’ model. Carry self, wife, one boy—say 375 lbs.

C2.

chummy ship n. see quot. 1962.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > neighbouring ship

chummy ship1898

1898 R. Kipling in Morning Post 9 Nov. 5/2 She's only burning muckings like the rest of us. She's our ‘chummy ship’.

1915 ‘Bartimeus’ Tall Ship ix. 160 Supposing..we celebrated our return to harbour..by asking our chummy-ship to dinner to-night, and giving them a bit of a chuck-up!

1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 32/1 Chummy ship, one with which another exchanges parties and games. Usually, but not necessarily, a ship's neighbour in harbour or at an anchorage.

Derivatives

ˈchummily adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adverb]

friendlyeOE

wellOE

friendfullyc1379

amiablya1400

lovelilya1400

peacefullya1400

friendlike?a1513

friendlilyc1550

chummily1934

matily1941

1934 S. Lewis Work of Art xxvi. 357 He had known..waiters who believed that all Americans loved being chummily informed about the weather.

1940 G. Greene Power & Glory ii. i. 109 He scratched himself under the armpits and came chummily up to the priest's stirrups.

1964 A. Wykes Gambling iii. 79 Dominoes..are chummily called ‘stones’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1834

n.²1849

adj.n.1884

单词	chummy
释义	chummyn.¹ Brit. /ˈtʃʌmi/, U.S. /ˈtʃəmi/ Etymology: < chumley = chimney n. dialect and colloquial. a. A chimney-sweeper's boy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [noun] > cleaning chimneys > one who > boy climbing-boy1785 chummy1834 1834 in Notes & Queries (1963) Apr. 137/1 (title) Sweep, sweep, sweep! or, the revolt of the chummies. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 338 He 'ad been a chummy. 1844 W. M. Thackeray Greenwich in Wks. (1886) XXIII. 380 The hall..was decorated with banners and escutcheons of deceased chummies. 1859 W. H. Gregory Egypt I. 154 His shrill voice high up aloft, like a chummy's on a London summer morn. 1890 Daily Tel. 11 Jan. 5/4 The small ‘chummies’..assembled at the house of the Chimney-sweepers' Guild. b. A chimney-sweeper of any age. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [noun] > cleaning chimneys > one who chimney-sweeper?1518 sweep-chimney1657 lily-white1699 chimney-sweep1709 sooterkin1795 sweepy1798 sweep1812 ramoneura1859 chummy1860 chimney-cleanser1905 chimney-cleaner1906 fluonomist1946 1860 in J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang (ed. 2) 1954 News Chron. 15 Mar. 6/4 A chummy is an ordinary sweep. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). chummyn.² Brit. /ˈtʃʌmi/, U.S. /ˈtʃəmi/ Etymology: < chum n.¹ + -y suffix⁴ diminutive suffix. colloquial. 1. = chum n.¹ ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend > close or intimate friend belamy?c1225 friarc1290 specialc1300 necessaryc1384 familiar?c1400 great frienda1425 gossea1549 particular1577 shopfellow?1577 cockmate1578 privado1584 bosom friend1590 better half1596 ingle1602 inward1607 bully boy1609 bosom-piecea1625 hail-fellow1650 bosom-bird1655 intimate1660 crony1665 intimado1682 chum1684 friend of one's bosom1712 right bower1829 inquaintancea1834 cad1836 chummy1849 bond-friend1860 raggie1901 bosom1913 aceboy1951 boon coon1951 mellow1967 squeeze1980 acegirl2009 1849 H. Melville Mardi I. iii. 22 For be it known that, in sea-parlance, we were chummies... Now this chummying among sailors is..a co-partnership..a bond of love and good feeling. 1898 W. S. Gilbert Bab Ballads (ed. 6) 543 Old chummies at the Charterhouse were Robinson and he. 2. Police slang. A prisoner; a person accused or detained. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > awaiting trial or held in custody prisoner at the bar1556 détenu1803 detainee1928 chummy1948 undertrial1966 1948 Free-Lance Writer Apr. 54/1 Prisoners are often called ‘chummy’. 1965 Daily Mail 27 Mar. 6/7 Borrowing from..police jargon, the Toms [sc. prostitutes] have taken to calling the murderer ‘Chummy’. The murder squad call all their clients ‘Chummy’. 1969 D. Clark Nobody's Perfect iv. 124 We could get Chummy into the dock and pleading guilty, but we'd not get a verdict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). chummyadj.n. Brit. /ˈtʃʌmi/, U.S. /ˈtʃəmi/ Etymology: < chum n.¹ + -y suffix¹. colloquial. A. adj. Intimate, sociable. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar homelya1387 familiarc1405 familarya1500 internal1581 intrinsical1602 intimated1606 intrinsic1613 intimea1618 intimous1619 domestica1631 intimate1635 pack1686 thickc1756 throng1768 versant1787 solid1882 chummy1884 tutoyant1899 cosy1927 schmoozy1954 tight1956 1884 Harper's Mag. Sept. 536/2 I..saw them form into small chummy groups. 1888 Illustr. London News Christmas No. 7/1 Be as chummy with him as you can. B. n. A motor vehicle designed to give comfortable accommodation for a small group of people (e.g. three or four). ΚΠ 1924 Morris Owner Sept. 683 This ‘Chummy’ carries a very heavy luggage load on its travels. Compounds C1. Applied to a type of motor body intended to give comfortable accommodation for a small group. ΚΠ 1922 Autocar 10 Nov. 963/2 The ‘chummy’ body has been laid out with the idea of providing comfortable seating accommodation for three adults, or two adults and two children. 1924 Morris Owner Apr. 143 A ‘chummy’ model. Carry self, wife, one boy—say 375 lbs. C2. chummy ship n. see quot. 1962. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > neighbouring ship chummy ship1898 1898 R. Kipling in Morning Post 9 Nov. 5/2 She's only burning muckings like the rest of us. She's our ‘chummy ship’. 1915 ‘Bartimeus’ Tall Ship ix. 160 Supposing..we celebrated our return to harbour..by asking our chummy-ship to dinner to-night, and giving them a bit of a chuck-up! 1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 32/1 Chummy ship, one with which another exchanges parties and games. Usually, but not necessarily, a ship's neighbour in harbour or at an anchorage. Derivatives ˈchummily adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adverb] friendlyeOE wellOE friendfullyc1379 amiablya1400 lovelilya1400 peacefullya1400 friendlike?a1513 friendlilyc1550 chummily1934 matily1941 1934 S. Lewis Work of Art xxvi. 357 He had known..waiters who believed that all Americans loved being chummily informed about the weather. 1940 G. Greene Power & Glory ii. i. 109 He scratched himself under the armpits and came chummily up to the priest's stirrups. 1964 A. Wykes Gambling iii. 79 Dominoes..are chummily called ‘stones’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1834n.²1849adj.n.1884
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