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not much chop

not much chop adjective: not very good; unimpressive; of poor quality.

Adjective

not much chop (not comparable)

  1. (Australia, slang) Not very good; unimpressive; of poor quality.
    • "She's not much chop, you know." "Why are you against her, Sir?" "I dislike her type - intensely."1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter I, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, page 7

Origin of not much chop

From chop (“quality, class, a mark or stamp indicating this”), ultimately from Hindi छाप (chāp, “stamp”).

Questions about not much chop

What does not much chop mean?
Not much chop means not very good; unimpressive; of poor quality.
What part of speech is not much chop?
Not much chop is an adjective.

Words near not much chop in the dictionary

  1. not long for the world
  2. not long for this world
  3. not look a day over
  4. not make any bones about
  5. not much
  6. not much chop
  7. not much cop
  8. not much of anything
  9. not much to look at
  10. not my Nigel
  11. not necessarily

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