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English
Etymology
Clipping of Chappaquiddick + -y
Proper noun
Chappy
- (colloquial) Short for Chappaquiddick Island.
2006 June 9, Philip R. Craig, Dead in Vineyard Sand: Martha's Vineyard Mystery #17 (Martha’s Vineyard Mysteries), Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:But reality is change, so new houses and people were appearing on Chappy as on the rest of the Vineyard, and they would continue to appear; the old days were gone with the wind, like the antebellum South.
2010, Susan Klein, MARTHA'S VINEYARD: Now & Zen: Communities, Traditions, and Transformations, Alan Brigish, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 57:A more recent second breach has created an additional tiny island between the Vineyard and Chappy, further separating us and increasing the tenderness of the southern shore.
2017 May 23, Kim Grant, Explorer's Guide Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, & Nantucket (11th Edition) (Explorer's Complete) (Explorer's Complete), The Countryman Press, →ISBN, →OCLC:Because it's the only method of transportation between the two islands and a surprising number of people live on Chappy year-round, the ferry runs daily.