English Explanatory Dictionary

chinny chin chin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The chin (jawline below the mouth).

Word forms

chinny chin chin chinny chin chins chiny chin chin

Etymology

Originally from a repeated line of dialogue in the British nursery rhyme "The Three Little Pigs", where the term was used for rhythmic effect: "No, no, by the hair of my chinny chin chin."

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