chichi

Example Sentences

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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

“After eating the chichi for 21 years? That was delicious,” he said, referencing a prison concoction of ramen noodles, cheese curls, summer sausage, and pickles.

From Washington Times • Feb. 8, 2020

No photos of Floyd Jones exist of some chichi setting on his yacht, because there was no yacht.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2018

“An’ if you chiv lully dantymengro where juckos kair panny, a’ter they soom it they won’t jāl adoi chichi no moreus, an’ won’t mutter in dovo tan, and you can keep it cleanus.”

From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey