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charlie adjective- ostentatious but lacking in quality UK
Upper-class; possibly even an attempt at rhyming slang, “charlie horse” (coarse). - Cheap attempt at style, flashy, non-U, as in “a bit charlie.” — Ann Barr and Peter York, The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook, p. 158, 1982
- scared, afraid UK
Probably a shortening of rhyming slang CHARLIE HOWARD - I was dead charlie and the fairies were having a right game in my guts[.] — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 49, 1958
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