Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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CHOOP, n.2 “A sort of overall for children, a child's outer garment made somewhat in shape of a farmer's smock. Now pract. obsolete” (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [tʃup]
[Cf. O.N. hjúpr, a kind of doublet (Zoëga), which is a foreign borrowing. Marw. says, however, that prob. choop has come into Ork. through Sc., or at least been influenced by Jupe, q.v.]
