Champ (Down); the same as 'caulcannon,' which see. Also potatoes mashed with butter and milk; same as 'pandy,' which see.
Chanter; to go about grumbling and fault-finding. (Ulster.)
Chaw for _chew_, 97. 'Chawing the rag'; continually grumbling, jawing, and giving abuse. (Kinahan.)
Cheek; impudence; _brass_: cheeky; presumptuous.
Chincough, whooping-cough: from _kink-cough_. See Kink.
Chittering; constantly muttering complaints. (Knowles.)
Chook chook [the _oo_ sounded rather short]; a call for hens. It is the Irish _tiuc_, come.
Christian; a human being as distinguished from one of the lower animals:--'That dog has nearly as much sense as a Christian.' { 235}
Chuff: full.--'I'm chuffey after my dinner.' (MacCall: Wexford.)
Clabber, clobber, or clawber; mud: thick milk. See Bonnyclabber.
Clamp; a small rick of turf, built up regularly. (All through Ireland.)
Clamper; a dispute, a wrangle. (Munster.) Irish _clampar_, same meaning.
Clarsha; a lazy woman. (Morris: South Monaghan.)
Clart; an untidy dirty woman, especially in preparing food. (Simmons: Armagh.)
Clash, to carry tales: Clashbag, a tale-bearer. (Simmons: Armagh.)
Classy; a drain running through a byre or stable-yard. (Morris: South Monaghan.) Irish _clais_, a trench, with the diminutive _y_ added.
Clat; a slovenly untidy person; dirt, clay: 'wash the _clat_ off your hands': clatty; slovenly, untidy--(Ulster): called _clotty_ in Kildare;--a slattern.
Clatch; a brood of chickens. (Ulster.) See Clutch.
Cleean [2-syll.]; a relation by marriage--such as a father-in-law. Two persons so related are _cleeans_. Irish _cliamhan_, same sound and meaning.
Cleever; one who deals in poultry; because he carries them in a _cleeve_ or large wicker basket. (Morris: South Monaghan.) Irish _cliabh_ [cleeve], a basket.
Cleevaun; a cradle: also a crib or cage for catching birds. The diminutive of Irish _cliabh_ or cleeve, a wicker basket.
Clehalpeen; a shillelah or cudgel with a knob at the end. (South.) From Irish _cleath_, a wattle, and _ailpin_ dim. of _alp_, a knob. { 236}
Clever is applied to a man who is tall, straight, and well made.
Clevvy; three or four shelves one over another in a wall: a sort of small open cupboard like a dresser. (All over the South.)