chillun

Spelling representing a Black or Southern U.S. pronunciation of children.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪl.ən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪlən

chillun

1. (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) plural of chile (child).
   • 1960 April 3, Walt Kelly, Pogo, Sunday, comic strip, →ISBN, page 280:

     [Pogo, to kids:] All right, chillun! The Sunday school lesson is on page 4.

• chirren

• unchill