not much chop

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From chop (quality, class, a mark or stamp indicating this), ultimately from Hindi छाप (chāp, stamp).

Adjective[edit]

not much chop (not comparable)

  1. (Australia, slang) Not very good; unimpressive; of poor quality.
    • 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter I, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, page 7:
      "She's not much chop, you know." "Why are you against her, Sir?" "I dislike her type - intensely."

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