Cheggers

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Etymology

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From Chegwin +‎ -ers; from the BBC's Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (1976–82).

Proper noun

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Cheggers

  1. (British, informal) Keith Chegwin (1957–2017), English actor and TV presenter. [from 1970s]
    • 1977 December 9, Michael Church, “Multi-coloured Swap Shop”, in The Times, page 15:
      Little Cheggers, his mobile henchman, laughs, gurgles and beats his tiny fists together like a baby on the old-fashioned Cow and Gate tins.