chi-chi

Example Sentences

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Perhaps some find it humiliating to pull up at some chi-chi bar and ask about the mocktail offerings.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2024

The buzz: An extension of the chi-chi chain that is represented in New York, Dubai and Mexico, Catch L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2017

After all, this is a company that does the runway thing and goes head-to-head with the most chi-chi labels in the world.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 4, 2014

In Manhattan’s chi-chi Sant Ambroeus restaurant, the pair of smartly dressed women at the next table are making not-so-surreptitious “eek” faces at each other, having clocked that their neighbour for lunch is Taylor Swift.

From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2014

The little Doones would be little Dehra Doones, with a fine Mussoorie chi-chi anent to bring home for the holidays.

From Soldiers Three by Kipling, Rudyard