Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of chaps; cleft. Also written
choppy . - noun A familiar or affected diminutive of chap.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, informal A
chap ; afellow . - noun of skin, rare
Chapped ,dry . - adjective Full of
chaps ;cleft ;gaping ;open .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Just look at Gordon Brown's fat miserable face when he sits down at around 7: 47; not a cheerful chappy is he?
Archive 2008-07-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Just look at Gordon Brown's fat miserable face when he sits down at around 7: 47; not a cheerful chappy is he?
BBC bias Not a sheep 2008
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But instead there's a cheeky bearded chappy in a bright retro T-shirt with a raucous giggle: meet Mister Rob (as his website refers to him).
Rob Ryan: The artist spreading a little love around our homes Huma Qureshi 2010
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It is not even the Lord Mayor of the whole of London, merely some corporate lawyer chappy called David Wootton, "an ambassador for the City and financial services," according to commentator Paul Dickenson.
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It has put a smile on his dial and he seems a happy chappy.
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This chief constable chappy in Essex seems to be talking a lot of sense.
What A Bunch Of Plonkers « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Glen Smythe (who??) and this McKeever chappy have all been on the ‘How to talk like ACPO’ course and consequently are now part of the problem.
National Victim Agency – Deckchairs, Titanic. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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I have to imagine false start and unnecessary roughness penalties would come into play. chappy Says:
Matthew Yglesias » The Unpredictability of Quarterbacks 2009
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So, in his classic Triumph Stag with a Union flag painted on the bonnet, Bellamy gets to meet his giggling northern fan club, cheeky-chappy plasterer, a Pakistani community leader ...
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2010
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I just think it is going to be hard to salvage the Sun angle (as well as the fake serial killer created by McNulty). — chappy
What Do Real Thugs Think of The Wire? Part Three - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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