Note 89 — LXVIII.
Reading edition
This silly term of endearment appears to be derived from chick, or my chicken. Shakspeare uses it in Macbeth, Act iii. Scene 2.
"Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck."
Reading edition
This silly term of endearment appears to be derived from chick, or my chicken. Shakspeare uses it in Macbeth, Act iii. Scene 2.
"Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck."