chillun
English edit
Etymology edit
Spelling representing a Black or Southern U.S. pronunciation of children.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chillun
- (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) plural of chile (child).
- 1960 April 3, Walt Kelly, Pogo, Sunday, comic strip, →ISBN, page 280:
- [Pogo, to kids:] All right, chillun! The Sunday school lesson is on page 4.