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chin-chin
[ chin-chin ]
chin-chin
sentence substitute
- informal.a greeting, farewell, or toast
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chin-chin1
First recorded in 1785–95; from Chinese qǐng-qǐng literally, “please, please,” used as a greeting and as a toast in drinking
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chin-chin1
C18: from Chinese (Peking) ch'ing-ch'ing please-please
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Example Sentences
So, by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin, I was allowed back in the school for the second of three years.
From The Daily Beast
Any one of the liquid waterproof black drawing inks (Chin-chin, Pelican, etc.).
From Project Gutenberg
S'pose Mr. Forrester bym-by come, you talkee he, master no got, you chin-chin he come-back.
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Well, chin-chin, Clive, don't be so long coming down here next time.
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You lay off this blasted chin-chin about me and my schooner!
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"Chin-chin heap plenty now," said he, with a grin, as Wilbur came up.
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