'chute

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Noun

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'chute (plural 'chutes)

  1. Alternative spelling of chute
    • 1964, "Their Darkest Hour!" (page 12), The Avengers #7, Marvel Comics:
      Gas! I've got to pull my 'chute down around me-- fast!
    • 2017, John Goldsmith, Accidental Agent: Behind Enemy Lines with the French Resistance:
      One of the paratrooper's 'chutes had roman-candled – failed to open – and he had plunged into the ground only fifty yards from where we were standing.