chummy¹ n, proper n [phonetics unavailable]. Cp O Sup² ~ 'chum' naut (1849-) for sense 1.
   1 That person; unnamed person, usu male; BUDDY.
   P 54-61 ~ refers to anyone, acquaintance or not. P 148-62 When chummy came up to the corner [he stopped]. T 54-64 So he played some card and chummy couldn't beat him. C 71-92 ~ refers to a person whose name one does not know. C 71-107 Where is chummy going?
   2 Gadget, device; object; thing with an unknown name; MACHINE.
   T 89/90-464 A feller had a chummy, you know, on his ear, a phone-chummy for when he want to come up now. C 68-10 He can't remember off-hand, the correct name of an object. He may call it a ting-a-bob, woss-nim, chummy, chummy thing, etc. C 71-107 When repairing his motor, he may say, 'Get me the chummy,' meaning wrench. In cards, a person who goes in the hole may say, 'If I had the five and chummy (meaning the jack), I would have made it.'
   3 Cpd chummy-fella: person one cannot call by name (C 71-95).
   chummy-call, ~ -jigger, ~ -thing: thing one does not specifically name (P 126-67; P 273-70).

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