brother chip

noun

Etymology

Compare chips (“a carpenter”).

Definitions

  1. Term of address for a fellow tradesman, originally a carpenter.

    • He was saluted by Mr. James Hall, with these words: “Well, brother chip! How many murders have you been committing?”

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for brother chip. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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