Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In India, a member of a very low caste of tanners or cobblers; colloquially, a shoemaker.

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  • noun Someone who chuckles.

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Examples

  • I remember him as a kindly and mischievous grandfather, a chain-smoker, a chuckler, a man who kept birds.

    Joseph O'Connor: 'It was a voice that opened worlds' 2010

  • Again the chuckler -- now an unmistakable laugh floated to his ears.

    Out of the Ashes Ethel Watts Mumford 1909

  • The room instantly rocked with laughter, under cover of which the identity of the sacrilegious chuckler was not discovered, but the voice was the voice of Buckalew, who was incredibly surprised to find that he had spoken aloud.

    The Conquest of Canaan Booth Tarkington 1907

  • Also he could not imagine where the chuckler could be hiding, unless it was behind the rows of raspberry and currant bushes.

    Fair Harbor Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • '' The room instantly rocked with laughter, under cover of which the identity of the sacrilegious chuckler was not discovered, but the voice was the voice of Buckalew, who was incredibly surprised to find that he had spoken aloud.

    The Conquest of Canaan 1905

  • "The video seems to be hampered by the same problem that plagues all campaigns meant to 'go viral. -i.e., it's simply not that funny … [T] he joke is a chuckler at best, and dragged out to three minutes, that chuckle gets spread pretty thin."

    Michelle Malkin 2010

  • Another favorite chuckler was one told by local sideman John Deaderick of witnessing -- while on an arena tour -- a catering assistant arrive backstage with a 100 pounds of flowers

    NashvilleScene.com 2010

  • Robin was a smiling chuckler, the most distinctive character among a dwindling but close-knit band of Guardian journalists in Manchester as the paper's balance tipped inexorably in the direction of London from the mid-70s on.

    The Guardian World News David Ward 2010

  • NBC, meanwhile, is also banking on chuckler Parks and Recreation, with former SNL star Amy Poehler as a perky town official in Indiana who is trying to turn a construction pit into a park.

    unknown title 2009

  • NBC, meanwhile, is also banking on chuckler Parks and Recreation, with former SNL star Amy Poehler as a perky town official in Indiana who is trying to turn a construction pit into a park.

    unknown title 2009

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