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单词 chop shop
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chop shopn.

Brit. /ˈtʃɒp ʃɒp/, U.S. /ˈtʃɑp ˌʃɑp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chop n.1, shop n.
Etymology: < chop n.1 + shop n.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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