chince
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I planted last spring 100 acres of ground in corn, it was in fine order and the season was good, but the chince bug (an enemy I never saw before) attacked it and instead of 1200 barrils I gathered but 600."
- "Drouth, chince–bugs, hail, everything! My garden all cut to pieces like sauerkraut."
- "Dere wasn't a chince [bedbug] on a one of em. Better not see a chince on a bed."
- "Tis true we have sometimes been obliged to cook our own victuals, sometimes to be content with very scanty fare, and sometimes with none at all ; nor were we ever indulged with down beds, chince curtains, or Turkey carpets"
- "It is not a chince, I do assure you, it is an English cotton, which I value much more."
- "All the old women had peaked ats, and crooked cains, and chince gowns tucked into the pockits of their quiltid petticoats;"