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"chalk up" Definition

  1. to credit, make entry in account books of indebtedness; “I can’t pay you now, but you can CHALK IT UP,” _i.e._, charge me with the article in your day-book. From the old practice of chalking one’s score for drink behind the bar-doors of public-houses.

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Position in the dictionary: 564 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: chalks, chance the ducks, chancery, change, chap, chapel, chapel-of-ease., chapel., chariot-buzzing, charley
Previous words in the dictionary: chalk out, chal, chaffer, chaff, cave, cavaulting, caution, caulker, caulk, caucus

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