单词 | chop shop |
释义 | chop shopn. 1. A restaurant that serves chops, steaks, and similar fare, typically in an informal setting; = chop-house n.In quot. 1733 figurative with humorous reference to a bookseller. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant eating-housec1440 feast house?c1475 victualling-house1541 cookshop1542 cookhouse1548 feasting house1563 treating-house1680 suttling-house1691 shop1695 chop shop1733 restaurateur1782 slap-bang shop1785 restorator1797 dinner house1803 restaurant1806 snack-house1820 grubbery1823 refreshment house1825 restauration1832 trattoria1832 slap-bang1836 ristorante1874 tavern-restaurant1880 foodery1892 eatery1901 taverna1914 chop-house1915 nosh1917 diner1924 noshery1952 ryotei1953 lokanta1954 Chinesery1956 relais routier1960 hotel1968 tratt1969 robata1975 fast foodery1979 Chinky1981 rodizio1981 taqueria1982 resto1988 paladar1994 1733 St. James Evening Post 21 July Sold by Mrs. Dodd, at Temple-Bar;..Mr. Chrichley, Mr. Jolliffe, and all the Literary Chop-Shops. 1835 Essex Standard 10 Apr. The Son of Neptune mollifying himself with sixpenny goes of grog, at some cheap chop shop. 1933 Manch. Guardian 10 Mar. 9/7 Punctually at four o'clock every afternoon he would arrive at Dolly's Chop Shop, Paternoster Row, and apply himself to soup, fish, half a capon, a pound and a half of rump steak,..and a bottle of port. 2002 WorldView Summer 11/1 No frills, but plenty of hospitality, laughter and fuul, make al-Khartoum a true Sudanese chop shop. 2. slang (originally U.S.). a. A workshop or garage which specializes in modifying or customizing motorcycles. Cf. chop n.1 Additions, chopper n.1 7a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > workshop > [noun] > other types of workshop shopc1325 tavern1521 machine shop1827 fitting-shop1840 planing mill1844 body shop1845 job shop1851 farm shop1862 craft workshop1906 fixit shop1949 speed shop1954 chop shop1971 1971 Winnipeg Free Press 5 Apr. 31/5 (advt.) Northwest Cycle exclusive distributors for ‘chop shop’ products for BSA-Triumph Norton. Extended fork tubes... Dog bone risers. Highway pegs. 1972 Choppers Feb. 36 (heading) How did their chop shop grow? 1996 Marketing Managem. Summer 18/2 The legions of Harley-Davidson owners who customize their bikes themselves or through ‘chop shops’. b. A place where stolen vehicles are dismantled so that the parts can be sold or used to repair other vehicles.Now the usual sense. ΚΠ 1977 N.Y. Times 31 July 24/3 Mr. Annerino was thought by some investigators to have been a casualty of the ‘chop-shop’ war. A ‘chop-shop’ is a place where stolen automobiles are rapidly stripped of their parts for later resale. 1993 Guardian 17 July a61/1 Jack the Lad..is off to the ‘chop shop’, where the ringers who paid him £300 for the job are waiting to tool on false chassis and engine numbers. 2012 K. Cole Poison Princess xxii. 198 ‘So, Jackson, what had you planned to do after high school?’ He slid me a narrowed glance. ‘Open a chop shop. Steal cars for parts.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1733 |
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