A regional British term for a conker — the hard, shiny brown seed of the horse chestnut tree, beloved by children for the traditional playground game of the same name.
A regional British term for a conker — the hard, shiny brown seed of the horse chestnut tree, beloved by children for the traditional playground game of the same name. In the game of conkers, each player threads their conker on a string and takes turns trying to smash their opponent's. 'Cheggie' is the kind of local dialect word that makes British regional language so delightful — fully understood by anyone who grew up using it, completely opaque to outsiders.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(Britain, informal) Keith Chegwin (1957–2017), English actor and TV presenter.
British colloquial, now rare. A 'chibby' was a conker (horse chestnut used in the children's game), used mainly in parts of northern England. The game involved hanging chestnuts on strings and smashing opponents' nuts; a champion nut earned legendary status in the schoolyard.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) The core of an apple.
(UK, regional) A chicken egg, especially a boiled egg.
He found a massive cheggie under the chestnut tree and spent all afternoon hardening it in vinegar for the match.
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(UK, regional) A conker .
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