chickien.
/ˈtʃɪki/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪki/, Australian English /ˈtʃɪki/ colloquial.
1.
a. Used as a term of endearment, esp. for a child or woman. Cf. chick n.1 1.
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the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a girl > of or to woman or child
marmoseta1529
moppet1601
bunny1606
puggy1608
poppet1612
chickie1749
dou-dou1890
1749 Thrush 48 Chicky, cockow, my lilly Cock.
1813 A. Maclaren Prisoner of War i. 8 Ten thousand blessings on my chickie to be.
1856 M. C. Jackson Story of my Wardship I. xviii. 258 How d'ye feel now, chicky?
1909 E. Nesbit Salome & Head v. 76 ‘He can't make me live with him, can he?’.. ‘No, my chickie dear, of course he can't.’
1974 B. Bainbridge Bottle Factory Outing (1975) viii. 159 Okey dokey, chickie... Mummy will be waiting.
2004 W. Tefs 4 x 4 170 My wife, my babe, my sweet chickie.
b. Originally U.S. and Australian. A young woman, a girl; (in early use) esp. one regarded as an object of sexual desire. Cf. chick n.1 3.
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the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun]
daughterOE
maidenOE
young womanOE
mayc1175
burdc1225
maidc1275
wenchc1290
file1303
virginc1330
girla1375
damselc1380
young ladya1393
jilla1425
juvenclec1430
young person1438
domicellea1464
quean1488
trull1525
pulleta1533
Tib1533
kittyc1560
dell1567
gillian1573
nymph1584
winklota1586
frotion1587
yuffrouw1589
pigeon1592
tit1599
nannicock1600
muggle1608
gixy1611
infanta1611
dilla1627
tittiea1628
whimsy1631
ladykin1632
stammel1639
moggie1648
zitellaa1660
baggagea1668
miss1668
baby1684
burdie1718
demoiselle1720
queanie?1800
intombi1809
muchacha1811
jilt1816
titter1819
ragazza1827
gouge1828
craft1829
meisie1838
sheila1839
sixteenc1840
chica1843
femme1846
muffin1854
gel1857
quail1859
kitten1870
bud1880
fräulein1883
sub-debutante1887
sweet-and-twenty1887
flapper1888
jelly1889
queen1894
chick1899
pusher1902
bit of fluff1903
chicklet1905
twist and twirl1905
twist1906
head1913
sub-deb1916
tabby1916
mouse1917
tittie1918
chickie1919
wren1920
bim1922
nifty1923
quiff1923
wimp1923
bride1924
job1927
junior miss1927
hag1932
tab1932
sort1933
palone1934
brush1941
knitting1943
teenybopper1966
weeny-bopper1972
Valley Girl1982
1919 C. H. Darling Jargon Bk. 7 Chickie, a young girl.
1958 H. Ellison Deadly Streets 110 The big spenders who wanted to pick up a young chickie.
1965 W. Dick Bunch of Ratbags ix. 133 We had real hot loving-up sessions with all the chickees around Goodway.
1987 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 1 Apr. Those wicked old friends of his somehow fixed him up with this 21-year-old chickie.
1993 I. Welsh Trainspotting (1994) 27 There's a set of VPLs (visible panty lines) on the chicky in front ay us.
2004 XXL Worldwide June 89/3 J-Kwon reads a pencil-scribbled fan letter one of the chickies handed him.
2. Esp. in children's language: a young chicken, a chick.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > member of (fowl) > young or chicken
chickenOE
chicka1398
poulta1425
chicken birdc1450
peepera1586
peepling1594
game chicken1674
peep1688
spring chicken1765
clucker1779
chickabiddy1785
chicklet1836
chickie1851
wing-chick1885
pee-pee1890
1851 Daily Ohio Statesman 3 May She began..calling biddy, biddy, biddy, chicky, chicky, chicky—hearing which, a whole flock of poultry was about her in a minute.
1876 C. L. Matéaux Through Picture Land 79 Ten fluffy young chickies.
1911 Kindergarten-Primary Mag. Oct. 50/2 A rooster, a hen, and some of the prettiest yellow chickies you ever saw.
1992 F. J. Kuraishy Relationship between Gestures & Speech in Children (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Nevada) 190 That's a little chicky.
2011 R. Litt & H. Litt Chicken in Every Yard iv. 53 It's best not to locate the brooder in a child's room no matter how much he or she begs to sleep with the chickies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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