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and n. B. Jonson, Horace's Art of Poetry. [ME. chic he , also chinche, chince , chic he (masc. prop. chic ), F. chic he , niggardly, miserable, mean, lit. 'small' (see chi cane), = Sp. chico , small. Cf. It. cica , nothing, For ther is vch mon payed in-liche, Whether lyttel other much be hys rewarde, For the gentyl cheuentayn is no chyche. The Century, XXV. 575. 2. Paris i an elegance and fashionablene combined with originality: said of fashion in dre . -3. Adroitne ; cunning; knowingne . [Slang in all uses.]