chonkeys, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

chonkeys n.

[ety. unknown. Partridge, after Ware, suggests the proper name of a long-forgotten pieman, but note Fr. sl. chancre, a paunch (lit. ‘ulcer’) and manger comme un chancre, to eat heartily]

a form of meat pasty, sold in the streets.

1859, 1860		Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc.
1861		(con. 1840s–50s) H. Mayhew London Labour and London Poor I 198/2: Among the regular articles of this street-sale are [...] ‘Chonkeys,’ or a kind of mince-meat baked in a crust.
1873		Sl. Dict.
1909		J. Ware Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era.