Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
chappy .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
chappy .
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Examples
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The one-dimensional cheerful cheeky chappie/sassy brassy tart with a heart stereotypes are no more representative of milliions of people who happen to be working class than the constantly miserable and hellishly afflicted Walford locals.
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This is the chappie who issued a fixed penalty ticket to a driver for allegedly blowing his nose and last year issued one to a man for littering – it was a tenner that had fallen out of his pocket on January 29, 2010 at 10: 33 pm Ben
See No Evil…… (at least until the next financial year) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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It's getting increasingly odd to read books with David Tennant's manic cheeky chappie at the same time as watching Matt Smith's alien young fogey (must try not doing two books and new episode in the same weekend too often).
Gibbon Chapter XXIV nwhyte 2010
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You've got to love his cockiness, especially when there's so little basis for it: In Case You Didn't Know is an unapologetically lightweight product by a chappie born to be labelled "cheeky", and that's about the size of it.
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He's superficially lovable, in that Brodkin makes him a cheery as well as cheeky chappie, confident that the woman in the front row will be charmed to hear he'd like to "cum on [her] tits".
Lee Nelson's Well Good Tour – review Brian Logan 2010
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"Sorry, old chappie," quoths I, "as much as I'm all in favour of promoting humanitarian causes, I'm not authorised to take photos (they keep on asking you if you're authorised when you try to take a photo in DR Congo), or anything to anybody."
Mike Arkus: Recent African Airport Experiences: From Presidential Shutdown to an 'Are-They-Out-to-Get-Me' Moment Mike Arkus 2010
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"Sorry, old chappie," quoths I, "as much as I'm all in favour of promoting humanitarian causes, I'm not authorised to take photos (they keep on asking you if you're authorised when you try to take a photo in DR Congo), or anything to anybody."
Mike Arkus: Recent African Airport Experiences: From Presidential Shutdown to an 'Are-They-Out-to-Get-Me' Moment Mike Arkus 2010
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If the MC was this minding chappie – why all the dialogue? definitely start of a much bigger story, and I found it unsatisfying because it was so.
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"Sorry, old chappie," quoths I, "as much as I'm all in favour of promoting humanitarian causes, I'm not authorised to take photos (they keep on asking you if you're authorised when you try to take a photo in DR Congo), or anything to anybody."
Mike Arkus: Recent African Airport Experiences: From Presidential Shutdown to an 'Are-They-Out-to-Get-Me' Moment Mike Arkus 2010
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Here's Kelvin MacKenzie (ex-Sun) doing his cheeky chappie act (which may net him a knighthood before he's 84).
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