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old chaps

old chaps is the plural of old chap.

Meaning of old chap

Noun

old chap (plural old chaps)

  1. (UK, dated) Affectionate term of address for a man.
    • ‘Well, look here, old chap,’ he said, ‘let's have strict business between friends. If you'll pay me back four quid at the end of term, you shall have the two pounds. How does that strike you?’1903, P. G. Wodehouse, A Prefect's Uncle, A & C Black
    Synonyms:
    old fellow
  2. (UK, colloquial) The penis.
    • Withnail: You fill this with piss, take this pipe down the trouser, and sellotape this valve to the end of the old chap. Then you get horribly drunk, and they can't fucking touch you.1987, Bruce Robinson, Withnail and I
    Synonyms:
    old fellow

Questions about old chaps

What is old chaps the plural of?
Old chaps is the plural of old chap.

Words near old chaps in the dictionary

  1. Old Catholic
  2. Old Catholic Church
  3. Old Catholics
  4. Old Catton
  5. old chap
  6. old chaps
  7. old chestnut
  8. old chestnuts
  9. Old Chinese
  10. Old Christmas
  11. Old Church Slavic

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