Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of the common American skunk, Mephitis mephitica. Also
cinche . - See
chinch .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Parsimonious; niggardly.
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Examples
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I have since been informed that chinche is Spanish for bug; but at the time the word suggested only the material of a curtain.
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Chinches bravas -- Surely you have heard of the Volkswagon chinche?
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Chinches bravas -- Surely you have heard of the Volkswagon chinche?
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Chinches bravas -- Surely you have heard of the Volkswagon chinche?
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Chinches bravas -- Surely you have heard of the Volkswagon chinche?
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Chinches bravas -- Surely you have heard of the Volkswagon chinche?
Two Expressions 2008
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Chinches bravas -- Surely you have heard of the Volkswagon chinche?
Two Expressions 2008
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Chinches bravas -- Surely you have heard of the Volkswagon chinche?
Two Expressions 2008
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Chinches bravas -- Surely you have heard of the Volkswagon chinche?
Two Expressions 2008
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Chinches bravas -- Surely you have heard of the Volkswagon chinche?
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