Chopper
['tʃɒpə] or ['tʃɑpɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, chops.
Typed by Cyril
Examples
- Mr. Chopper said, catching the Captain by the skirt. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Chopper said he believed he was. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The kitchen coffee grinder and the meat chopper are other familiar illustrations. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Mr. Chopper and his principal were talking over the matter between George and his father, at the very moment when Dobbin's messenger arrived. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Chopper, what a marriage we'll have! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A short time afterwards Mr. Chopper and Mr. Birch, the next clerk, were summoned, and requested to witness a paper. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I know very well that you give me plenty of money, said George (fingering a bundle of notes which he had got in the morning from Mr. Chopper). William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And now, Chopper, says he, taking his hat, and with a strange look, my mind will be easy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- As the daughter of an unlucky speculator, who had paid a very shabby dividend, Mr. Chopper had no great regard for Miss Sedley. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Chopper had been instructed to make out an account of all sums paid to Captain Osborne within the last three years. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I could not load it on the wagons, of course, at that time, but I could drive, and the choppers would load, and some one at the house unload. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The meat is run through enormous automatic grinders and choppers, and through mixers that approach a dairy churn in size. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the fall of the year choppers were employed to cut enough wood to last a twelve-month. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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