colloq. [f. CHEEKY a. + -NESS.] ‘Cheeky’ quality, cool presumption, effrontery, impudence.
1847. Illustr. Lond. News, 28 Aug., 142/1. They were beat, however, by their oars, and by their slow, loggy stroke, and by their cheekiness.
colloq. [f. CHEEKY a. + -NESS.] ‘Cheeky’ quality, cool presumption, effrontery, impudence.
1847. Illustr. Lond. News, 28 Aug., 142/1. They were beat, however, by their oars, and by their slow, loggy stroke, and by their cheekiness.
