chorkie

noun

1. A dog that is the result of a cross between a Yorkie and a chihuahua.

   “Schreiber’s Sammy is half Yorkie, which makes him a chorkie.[…]Sharon Schreiber of Jefferson City has a “chorkie” (half Yorkie, half Chihuahua) named Sammy Snickers (right).”

   “Be it a chorkie (Chihuahua/Yorkshire terrier), peek-a-poo (Pekingese/poodle), sheprador (German shepherd/Labrador retriever) or bagel hound (beagle/basset hound), Brady says her crew can figure it out.”

   “A dognapped chorkie, a $10,000 reward and a promise not to prosecute. All of this led me to wonder: Chorkie? A chorkie is a dash of Chihuahua and a dollop of Yorkshire terrier — in other words, a mutt, a mongrel, a mixed breed. On the night of June 5, in Concord, Calif., Debby Brown and her boyfriend stepped into a local eatery for some takeout, leaving Lexi the chorkie in Brown’s locked car with the air conditioner running.”

   “Looking on is Stella, a chorkie owned by Davis Johnson and Mary Balotti — a non-winner only in the eyes of the judges.”

   “He and his chorkie (Chihuahua/Yorkie cross) joined Laurie as he snacked on his “two boiled eggs, some bread and butter and a banana”.”