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choccy, n. colloq. (orig. and chiefly Brit.).
Brit. |ˈtʃɒki|, U.S. |ˈtʃɑki|
Forms: 19– choccie, 19– choccy, 19– chockie, 19– chockky, 19– chocky
[‹ choc- (in chocolate n. and adj.) + -y suffix6. Compare earlier choc n.]
Chocolate; a chocolate sweet.
Originally used esp. in speech to or by children.
1918H. G. Wells Joan & Peter v. 115 Would they like..a little bit of ‘chockky’ each? 1957M. M. Lewis How Children learn to Speak 50 For some time past he [sc. a child] has been saying something like chockie; wasn't that imitation? 1986S. Raven Old School 43 Sitting here comfortably..eating black market choccies, warmed by black market coal, and reading a fascinating book. 1994Private Eye 8 Apr. 24/1 Everyone went absolutely wild and pigged out in no uncertain fashion on all the choccie and the sweeties inside. 2001S. Armitage Little Green Man (2002) vi. 26 He pulled a Bounty and a mint Aero from his pocket. ‘Here Winkie, have a choccy.’
Compounds. General attrib., as choccy biscuit, choccy cake, etc.
1961Times 18 Dec. 11/5 Resolution Number Two.—Not to dither about saying ‘Choccy milk or orangeade, dear?’ but to have bottles of orange, with straws, at every place. 1974G. Chapman et al. Monty Python's Flying Circus (1989) xlii. 287 Prefer cake..specially chocky cake. 1977M. Frayn Alphabetical Order in Plays: One (1985) i. 26 Isn't it fun? I hope we all get chocky bickies for prizes. 1987Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 17 Mar. The eye of the loregiver is upon a plate of choccy biscuits with a tempting cream filling. 2000Dawn (Karachi) 16 Apr. (Mag. section) 4/1 A favourite chocky bar or biscuits does you good because it makes you feel better. |