Green’s Dictionary of Slang

chuck in v.

[SE chuck, to throw]

1. to add as a bonus, to throw in.

[UK]G. Colman Yngr John Bull IV i: He paid the old man’s debts, and the bailey’s broken head ware chuck’d into the bargain.
[UK]J. Greenwood In Strange Company 208: When they’re reg’ler [...] we chucks in Sundays.
[UK] ‘’Arry at a Political Pic-Nic’ in Punch 11 Oct. 180/1: Rosherville Gardens chucked in, with a dash of the Bean Feast will do.
[Aus]H. Nisbet Bushranger’s Sweetheart 35: I know Melbourne outside and inside, with its suburbs chucked in.
[UK]Wodehouse Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit 30: From the fact that he had not chucked in a lot of ‘Sirs’ I presumed he had been talking to some pal of his.
[Aus]F.J. Hardy Yarns of Billy Borker 26: Champagne and a chicken dinner chucked in.
[UK]Guardian G2 10 Aug. 16: Chuck in Biggles and James Bond [...] to make sure we get our money’s worth.

2. to contribute (cf. chip in v. (1)).

[Aus]G.H. Lawson Dict. of Aus. Words And Terms 🌐 CHUCK IN – To contribute.
[Aus]D. Stivens Tramp and Other Stories 6: Still, he’ll chuck in a few pounds!
[Aus]J. O’Grady Aussie Eng. (1966) 27: There’s a keg on tonight—we’ll all be chuckin’ in.

In phrases

chuck one’s hand in (v.) [card-playing imagery; note WWI milit. chuck one’s hand in, to refuse or stop doing anything]

to die.

E. Shackelton South (2005) 205: One dog had ‘chucked his hand in’ on the march, and Mackintosh mentions that he intended to increase the dogs’ allowance of food.