Isn't it a bastardisation of Chatham?
That was what I was always led to believe.
But hey :D
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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 13:38,
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I was told
it was Chatham Average
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seekew who?, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 13:48,
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Chav is a very old word..
.. in the east end of London it used to mean baby.
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MikeXPose, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 14:25,
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