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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Scotch form of chopin.

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Examples

  • The wife has jist telt me a 'aboot the nicht ye cam' chappin 'to the door when I was lyin' hurt.

    The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

  • "I'll do the chappin 'when I get a grab o' Pottie Lawson," says Sandy.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • "Ay, you cam 'in withoot chappin' on Setarday nicht, Sandy," I says, says I, at brakfast time on Munanday mornin ', 'cause I saw fine he wantit to speak aboot it.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • Bawbie was juist gaen awa 'to hae her efternune cup yesterday, an' I was chappin 'oot the dottle o' my pipe on the corner o 'the chumla, when it flaw oot an' gaed oot o 'sicht some wey.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • That same mornin ', John Christie saw the Black Man pass the Muckle Cairn as it was chappin' six; before eicht, he gaed by the change-house at

    Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

  • That same mornin 'John Christie saw the black man pass the Muckle Cairn as it was chappin' six; before eicht, he gaed by the change-house at

    Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878

  • That same mornin ', John Christie saw the Black Man pass the Muckle Cairn as it was chappin' six; before eicht, he gaed by the change-house at

    Merry Men Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

  • But when, to strengthen the force of his asseveration, he drew the dangerous looking dirk from its sheath, she threw herself upon him, wrenched it from his hand, and testified that "fules sudna hae chappin 'sticks, nor yet teylors guns."

    The Marquis of Lossie George MacDonald 1864

  • Tell ye me that gien ye can! "she returned" It's jist a chappin ', an' God's trowth it's a 'I ken aboot the same!

    Donal Grant, by George MacDonald George MacDonald 1864

  • Galbraith; — “Mind the auld saw, man — It’s a bauld moon, quoth Bennygask — another pint, quoth Lesley; — we’ll no start for another chappin.”

    Rob Roy 2005

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