Definitions
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- noun a light informal conversation for social occasions.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
chinwag .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun light informal conversation for social occasions
- noun light informal conversation for social occasions
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Examples
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On one side we had Tory leader David Cameron and on the other we had Labour backbencher and all-round outspoken funny-man, Stephen Pound - happily laughing, joking and having a good old chin-wag together.
Archive 2006-06-01 Kerron Cross 2006
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Heath Row's flying fingers have produced an astonishing near-transcript of the proceedings at David Isenberg's WTF? conference, wherein tech, telco and policy wonks are having a hell of a chin-wag:
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On one side we had Tory leader David Cameron and on the other we had Labour backbencher and all-round outspoken funny-man, Stephen Pound - happily laughing, joking and having a good old chin-wag together.
Strange Political Double Acts Kerron Cross 2006
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I had quite a good chin-wag with him for 10 minutes or so, and I have to say he seemed a really nice guy.
Archive 2005-10-01 Kerron Cross 2005
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Mr Chris Mac also dropped in for a drink, a "tab" not LSD, but Scot-speak for a cigarette, so I have learned and a chin-wag.
Archive 2005-01-01 2005
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Mr Chris Mac also dropped in for a drink, a "tab" not LSD, but Scot-speak for a cigarette, so I have learned and a chin-wag.
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When General Kynot spied Liir standing there — so much for the vigilance of their sentries! — he lop-winged over and indicated, with a strict jerk of his head, that they should retreat into the gorge for a bit of a chin-wag.
Son of a Witch Maguire, Gregory 2005
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"Much as I enjoy a good chin-wag, gents, I'd remind ye that we're all in immediate danger and our journey here was to seek the help of the Grey Lords, whom we understood these Off-Moo fellers to be."
The Dreamthief's Daughter Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 2001
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Now I'm goin 'to let you go, so you, an' that skunk Lablache'll be able to chin-wag over this night's doin's.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch Ridgwell Cullum 1905
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His jaw is all right, only he doesn't use it enough; in books the strong, silent man is a regular old chin-wag, and yet I fall over myself to answer his buzzer.
Malcolm Sage, Detective Herbert George Jenkins 1899
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