Chops

Examples

• After all, notwithstanding the chops and jellies he gets, I would not be in his shoes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mutton-chops and sin is good enough living for them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The chops are done. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I suppose it's chops at the Sol's Arms. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Chops and tomato sauce. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• In the course of their correspondence Mr. Sanders had often called her a 'duck,' but never 'chops,' nor yet 'tomato sauce. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He brought me some chops, and vegetables, and took the covers off in such a bouncing manner that I was afraid I must have given him some offence. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Comes back and says it's all right and all quiet, and quotes the remark he lately made to Mr. Snagsby about their cooking chops at the Sol's Arms. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Perhaps if he had been as fond of chops and tomato sauce, he might have called her that, as a term of affection. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Two mutton-chops, three potatoes, some split peas, a little flour, two ounces of butter, a pinch of salt, and all this black pepper. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The practiced knights from Palestine made holyday sport of carving the awkward men-at-arms into chops and steaks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Where only chops, toast, and coffee are to be had for breakfast, chops can be prepared below the coils, the toast above, while the coffee gurgle-gurgles in the percolator. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It will sound very strange in Miss Summerson's ears, I dare say, that we know nothing about chops in this house. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• On this trip I tasted the first meat I had eaten since leaving Earth--large, juicy steaks and chops from the well-fed domestic animals of the farms. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Eat no more mutton chops to-night. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Certainly,' said Mr. Benjamin Allen; 'and the cigars were not bad, or the pork-chops either; were they, Bob? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Hot mutton chops, fried chicken, omelettes, fried potatoes and coffee --all excellent. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I had mumbled but a lame mass an thou hadst broken my jaw, for the piper plays ill that wants the nether chops. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Chops, do you think? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• You may tell them that he takes mutton chops for dinner, and the best of arrowroot for supper. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

Edited by Hugh