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Not sure what it imitates ... perhaps a hen ... but Macbeth calls his wife "dearest chuck" in a unique display of affection for one of the nastiest women in the history of History itself. So presumably that nice Mr Shakespeare felt he could trust his audience to recognise it.

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Once I knew an American Charles III; he was known as Chip, his father was Chuck and his grandfather had been Charlie. Chip was then unmarried; presumably if he'd had a son the child could have been Charles or Charlie again without any confusion.