Chappy
See also: chappy
English
Etymology
Clipping of Chappaquiddick + -y
Proper noun
Chappy
- (colloquial) Short for Chappaquiddick Island.
- 2006 June 9, Philip R. Craig, Dead in Vineyard Sand: Martha's Vineyard Mystery #17 (Martha’s Vineyard Mysteries), Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
- But reality is change, so new houses and people were appearing on Chappy as on the rest of the Vineyard, and they would continue to appear; the old days were gone with the wind, like the antebellum South.
- 2010, Susan Klein, MARTHA'S VINEYARD: Now & Zen: Communities, Traditions, and Transformations, Alan Brigish, →ISBN, LCCN 2010526360, OCLC 1280764808, page 57:
- A more recent second breach has created an additional tiny island between the Vineyard and Chappy, further separating us and increasing the tenderness of the southern shore.
- 2017 May 23, Kim Grant, Explorer's Guide Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, & Nantucket (11th Edition) (Explorer's Complete) (Explorer's Complete), The Countryman Press, →ISBN, OCLC 988027485:
- Because it's the only method of transportation between the two islands and a surprising number of people live on Chappy year-round, the ferry runs daily.