Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Irish) the ‘creeps’, the ‘shivers’; esp. in phr. give someone the chinks.

1932		S. Beckett Dream of Fair to Middling Women (1993) 85: Douceurs...! Ugh that word gives me the chinks doesn’t it you?
1934		S. Beckett More Pricks than Kicks 149: ‘I have the chinks,’ he complained and apologised.