Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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†CHOP, v.2
1. With on: to carry on, jog along.s.Sc. 1835–1840 J. M. Wilson Tales of the Borders (1857) IX. 57:
Weel aneugh, weel aneugh, Tam; just choppin on.Slk. 1820 Hogg Winter Ev. Tales I. 16:
The horny-knuckled rascal . . . chop'd on his way, gaping as he went.
2. With under: to go under, to be ruined.Hdg. 1885 “S. Mucklebackit” Rural Rhymes and Sketches 253:
High rents, low markets, your darned Yankees, and infernal seasons have done it; and so Sam, with other thousands, chops under, and that is all.
