cheek for chowl

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌt͡ʃiːk fə ˈd͡ʒʌul/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌt͡ʃik fə ˈd͡ʒʌul/ === Adverb === cheek for chowl (comparative more cheek for chowl, superlative most cheek for chowl) (Scotland, idiomatic) Synonym of cheek by jowl (“in very close physical proximity; crowded together; side by side”). ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “cheek-for-chow(l), -chou(l), phrase” under “cheek, n. and v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC. “chowl, choul, n.2”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.