3 definition by David Atherton

Chewing gum (Bolton, Lancs, UK). The only slang for chewing gum (sticks, usually Wrigleys Original, always bought from non-electrical vending machines. (author observed 1970s). Of particular interest because author has also noted radically different slang quite locally - to teenagers in Kidsgrove 30mi Southchewy - the default instinctive British contraction becomes chong whereas in Burnley 20mi North it is choddy

n. Brit. mostly Northern. Newsagent/News-seller. usually sells greeting cards, stationery, tobacco, chocolate bars, cold drinks, basic provisions. Typified by owner-management and long opening hours.

n. Brit. slang from chewing gum. See spiggy. (East Lancashire, very localised, eg chong in Stoke-on-Trent, 50mi distant, spiggy in Bolton, 20m distant. Sometimes given as chuddy but this is consistent with local vowel sub-variants.