chichi
Example Sentences
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Pitkin County Dry Goods—a multibrand luxury boutique that’s become a regular stop for chichi shoppers—had its highest-grossing day in five decades this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
It was a nice hotel, in a chichi part of town, with a bar called the American Bar.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2025
Traffic from West L.A. was horrible, of course, and by the time we reached our destination — some chichi Italian place — we were very hungry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2021
No photos of Floyd Jones exist of some chichi setting on his yacht, because there was no yacht.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2018
The derivation appears to be from chichi, a dog, mecatl, a rope.
From American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent by Daniel Garrison Brinton
