Chitling

‘You should have heard the people groan,’ said Chitling;

Oliver Twist 2007

There was a short silence, after which Toby Crackit, seeming to abandon as hopeless any further effort to maintain his usual devil – may – care swagger, turned to Chitling and said,

Oliver Twist 2007

Tom Chitling was always most deferential to the "Artful Dodger."

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

'You should have heard the people groan,' said Chitling; 'the officers fought like devils, or they'd have torn him away.

Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 1841

'He's drunk it all up, every drop,' said Chitling after watching the dog some time in silence.

Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 1841

Chitling; and who, having lingered on the stairs to exchange a few gallantries with the lady, now made his appearance.

Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 1841

Chitling, his countenance falling more and more, 'and went off mad, screaming and raving, and beating her head against the boards; so they put a strait-weskut on her and took her to the hospital -- and there she is.'

Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 1841

'He hung about, not to come over here afore dark, but he'll be here soon,' replied Chitling.

Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 1841

There was a short silence, after which Toby Crackit, seeming to abandon as hopeless any further effort to maintain his usual devil-may-care swagger, turned to Chitling and said,

Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 1841

Chitling was older in years than the Dodger: having perhaps numbered eighteen winters; but there was a degree of deference in his deportment towards that young gentleman which seemed to indicate that he felt himself conscious of a slight inferiority in point of genius and professional acquirements.

Oliver Twist 1838