chemis

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Etymology

From Middle English chippe. Original /-p/ was voiced to /-m/ after long /iː/, compare Phielim (“Philip”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiːmz/, /d͡ʒiːmz/

Noun

chemis

  1. chips
  2. rags, pieces

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References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 30
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