Chin Ted, chin Tam, chinchin Taffyd
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- Tam as in “Tam o Shanter”, a Scot
- Taffy as in “Taffy was a Welshman,” toffeethief
- Three observing soldiers - in the Waterloo sequence of I.1 the three soldiers were English, Scots, and Welsh.
- → Inglis (Shaun), Scotcher grey (Shemshaun), Davy (Shem)
- chin to talk idly, chatter
- chin-chin to talk casually, trivial talk light conversation, chitchat; polite and ceremonious speech; interjection used as a greeting or farewell, or used as a toast, as in drinking to someone's health.
