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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1632, 1688-1696
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Chop-keiper, n. Also: chope-, choap-. [e.m.E. shop keeper, schoppe kepar (1530).] A shop-keeper. — 1632 Stirling Royal Lett. II. 619.
Yow mak choyse of none bot of such as are handie laborers, chope keiperis, [etc.] 1688 Edinburgh Testaments LXXVIII. 26 May.
Violet Camerone, choapkeiper 1696 Reg. Privy C. MS. 31 March.
Iohn Gairdner, a chopkeeper in Glasgow
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