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chorkie en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of Chihuahua + Yorkie.

Meanings

1. A dog that is the result of a cross between a Yorkie and a chihuahua.
   • Schreiber’s Sammy is half Yorkie, which makes him a chorkie.[…]Sharon Schreiber of Jefferson City has a “chorkie” (half Yorkie, half Chihuahua) named Sammy Snickers (right). 2000 October 7, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 122, number 281, page 43L:
   • Peanut, a chorkie, shows off her bumble bee costume at a pet trick-or-treat event held at Windber Recreational Park in Windber, Pa., on Sunday. 2021 October 19, Hickory Daily Record, volume 106, number 39, page A2:
   • He and his chorkie (Chihuahua/Yorkie cross) joined Laurie as he snacked on his “two boiled eggs, some bread and butter and a banana”. 2014 October 16, Caroline Sarll, “What makes Laurence run?”, in Bridgend & Porthcawl GEM, page 6:
   • Be it a chorkie (Chihuahua/Yorkshire terrier), peek-a-poo (Pekingese/poodle), sheprador (German shepherd/Labrador retriever) or bagel hound (beagle/basset hound), Brady says her crew can figure it out. 2008 November 5, Marie McGovern, “Hey, mutts got breedin’!”, in Daily News, page 3:
   • A dognapped chorkie, a $10,000 reward and a promise not to prosecute. All of this led me to wonder: Chorkie? A chorkie is a dash of Chihuahua and a dollop of Yorkshire terrier — in other words, a mutt, a mongrel, a mixed breed. On the night of June 5, in Concord, Calif., Debby Brown and her boyfriend stepped into a local eatery for some takeout, leaving Lexi the chorkie in Brown’s locked car with the air conditioner running. 2009 June 21, Matthew Margolis, “Reasons not to leave your dog in the car”, in The Sunday Star, page C6:
   • Looking on is Stella, a chorkie owned by Davis Johnson and Mary Balotti — a non-winner only in the eyes of the judges. 2013 October 31, Lake Travis View, page A1:

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