Synonyms for chit


Grammar : Noun
Spell : chit
Phonetic Transcription : tʃɪt


Définition of chit

Origin :
  • "note," 1776, short for chitty, from Mahrati (Hindi) chitthi "letter, note," from Sanskrit chitra-s "distinctively marked" (cf. cheetah).
  • noun bill
Example sentences :
  • She liked big beds, the chit; she spread herself out and rolled about.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • It staggered you to see this reckless expenditure of material upon a chit of a girl.
  • Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad
  • It would look at earth and mammon and that chit of a girl, Miss Popularity.
  • Extract from : « The Chocolate Soldier » by C. T. Studd
  • When I buy a cigar or drink I give a chit, and that's all there is to it.
  • Extract from : « East of Suez » by Frederic Courtland Penfield
  • Thirdly, he had a son whom it would be a pity to entrust to a chit of a girl.
  • Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
  • Here, Gaddy, take the chit to Bingle and ride hell-for-leather.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling
  • As her ladyship had a most eligible son, and as Barbara—the chit!
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 16, 1916 » by Various
  • Of course Mr. Ericson would not think of marrying a chit like that.
  • Extract from : « The Dictator » by Justin McCarthy
  • I suppose the chit would be called pretty,—by some persons at least.
  • Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He was annoyed at himself for being annoyed with this chit of a girl.
  • Extract from : « The Cricket » by Marjorie Cooke

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