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121chop suey — [ʃɔpswi; ʃɔpsɥɛ] n. m. ÉTYM. Répandu v. 1960; mot chinois cantonais, « morceaux mêlés », empr. par l anglais (1888, aux États Unis; in Oxford Suppl.). ❖ ♦ Plat chinois de viande (morceaux de bœuf, poulet) avec des légumes, frit à l huile de… …
122chop–shop — / chäp ˌshäp/ n: a place where stolen automobiles are stripped of salable parts Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
123chop and change — If things chop and change, they keep changing, often unexpectedly …
124chop-house — chopˈ house noun 1. Esp formerly, a house where mutton chops and beefsteaks are served 2. An eating house • • • Main Entry: ↑chop …
125chop|fall|en — «CHOP F luhn», adjective. = chapfallen. (Cf. ↑chapfallen) …
126chop|house — «CHOP HOWS», noun. a restaurant that makes a specialty of serving chops, steaks, and other cuts of meat. ╂[< chop1, noun + house] …
127chop|log|i|cal — «CHOP LOJ uh kuhl», adjective. argumentative; hairsplitting …
128chop|log|ic — «CHOP LOJ ihk», noun, adjective. –n. 1. sophistical or contentious argument; hairsplitting: »Its choplogic…ordains that a man who kills with a gun may be hanged while a man who kills with a knife may not (Punch). 2. Obsolete. a person who bandies …
