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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1567-1581
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Chop, Chope, v.2 [Late ME. choppe (c 1485) of uncertain origin.] Only in the phr. chop and change, to vary, to alter. a1568 Scott i. 62.
Thai wald … chop and change thair cheir c 1570 Satirical Poems xxxv. 36.
Of kynd so Mortoun hes it then, To chope and chainge and to sell men 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 22.
Sic præsumptouse personnes, quha … choppis and changis the neu testament in thair versions
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