Chivey your Nurse.—To get rid of your tutor, guardian, father, &c.
Chovey.—A shop as crocus chovey, a chemist shop, &c.
Chum.—A companion, a bedfellow, a fellow prisoner.
Church going Stays.—That is best stays for special purposes.
Churchwarden.—A very long clay pipe.
Churchyard Cough.—A cough that is likely to terminate in death.
Church with a Chimney in it.—A public house.
Civil Rig.—A trick of the beggars to obtain money by ultra civility.
Clap of Thunder.—A glass of brandy.
Claret.—Blood. “I tapped him on the nose and out flew the claret.” Claret-faced, having a red face.