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Chile   /tʃˈɪli/   Listen
Chile

noun
1.
A republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast.  Synonym: Republic of Chile.
2.
Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency.  Synonyms: chili, chili pepper, chilli, chilly.



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"Chile" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Laws, chile," replied Uncle Remus, "doesn't youse know dat it am mighty easy for folks to see something dat ain't dar, when dey are lookin' ...
— The Dollar Hen • Milo M. Hastings

... could you?" "Yo' done gib we-all de wussenes' sca', you' ca'less chile! What yo' s'posin' my Miss Betty gwine ter say when she heahs ob dis yeah cuttin's up? Hey, ...
— Dorothy's House Party • Evelyn Raymond

... M'sieu Nilan? What has your country done but fight since Erlik rested among your people? You fought in Samoa; in Hawaii; your warships went to Chile, to Brazil, to San Domingo; the blood of your soldiers and sailors was shed in Hayti, in Cuba, in the Philippines, ...
— The Dark Star • Robert W. Chambers

... had dried up, the beef had lasted over, the remuda had not strayed—in short, there was nothing to do. Sang had given us a baked bread-pudding with raisins in it. We filled it—in a wash basin full of it—on top of a few incidental pounds of chile con, baked beans, soda biscuits, "air tights," and other delicacies. Then we adjourned with our pipes to the shady side of the blacksmith's shop where we could watch the ravens on top the adobe wall of the corral. Somebody told a story about ravens. This led to ...
— Arizona Nights • Stewart Edward White

... George thought, that it was very pleasant to discuss the delicious Oolong and Maryland biscuit, and Southern white fruit-cake, while listening to Mamma's happy chatter with her old friends. The old negress who served tea called Mamma "chile," and Mrs. Archibald, an aristocratic, elderly woman, treated her as if she were no more than a girl. Mary thought she had never seen her mother ...
— Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby and Other Stories • Kathleen Norris


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