Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1890 — Not French. [ARTICLE]

Not French.

No word, possibly, is accepted ae more “French” by the generality of people than “chic.” To say that a person or an article is “chic” generally conveys the idea that he, she or it does the right thing in a Frenchy way; bub now “chic” is declared to be German, and not French. France has borrowed from the German “schick,” meaning aptness, fitness.

“Well,” remarked an Eastern man, as the train robber covered him with a revolver, “I’ve pawned all my possessions at various times, but this is the first time I have been obliged to put up my hands.”