chonies

chonies
 n.pl.— «These are the days when the buyers come to town in droves and herds; when the lingerie shows go merrily on in hotel and office building display rooms.…Those alluring photos of chonies in ticket brokerage windows.» —“See-Sawing on Broadway” by Gilbert Swan Zanesville Signal (Ohio) Feb. 2, 1928. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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