Synonyms for chit

Grammar : Noun

Spell : chit

Phonetic Transcription : tʃɪt

Définition of chit

Origin : "note," 1776, short for chitty, from Mahrati (Hindi) chitthi "letter, note," from Sanskrit chitra-s "distinctively marked" (cf. cheetah).

noun bill

Example sentences :

She liked big beds, the chit; she spread herself out and rolled about.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

It staggered you to see this reckless expenditure of material upon a chit of a girl.
Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad

It would look at earth and mammon and that chit of a girl, Miss Popularity.
Extract from : « The Chocolate Soldier » by C. T. Studd

When I buy a cigar or drink I give a chit, and that's all there is to it.
Extract from : « East of Suez » by Frederic Courtland Penfield

Thirdly, he had a son whom it would be a pity to entrust to a chit of a girl.
Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy

Here, Gaddy, take the chit to Bingle and ride hell-for-leather.
Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling

As her ladyship had a most eligible son, and as Barbara—the chit!
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 16, 1916 » by Various

Of course Mr. Ericson would not think of marrying a chit like that.
Extract from : « The Dictator » by Justin McCarthy

I suppose the chit would be called pretty,—by some persons at least.
Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

He was annoyed at himself for being annoyed with this chit of a girl.
Extract from : « The Cricket » by Marjorie Cooke

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