A man met his tailor in the street and stopped him.
"I quite forgot to pay for the suit which I have on now," he said. "Why didn"t you remind me?"
"I never ask a gentleman for money," the tailor replied.
"Then what do you do if he doesn"t pay?"
"Well, after some time I no longer think he is a gentleman and then I ask him."
n. Front of the lower jaw. keep one's chin up colloq. Remain cheerful. Take on the chin suffer a severe blow from; endure courageously. [old english]
CHIP
—n. - small piece removed by chopping etc.
- place or mark where a piece has been broken off.
- a strip of potato, usu. Deep-fried. B us potato crisp.
- counter used in some games to represent money.
- = *microchip. —v. (-pp-) 1 (often foll. By off, away) cut or break (a piece) from a hard material.
- (often foll. By at, away at) cut pieces off (a hard material) to alter its shape etc.
- be apt to break at the edge.
- (usu. As chipped adj.) Make (potatoes) into chips. chip in colloq. - interrupt.
- contribute (money etc.). A chip off the old block child resembling its parent, esp. In character. A chip on one's shoulder colloq. Inclination to feel resentful or aggrieved. When the chips are down colloq. When it comes to the point. [old english]
CHIT
n. - derog. Or joc. Young small woman (esp. A chit of a girl).
- young child. [originally = whelp, cub]
- n. - note of requisition, of a sum owed, etc.
- note or memorandum. [hindi from sanskrit]
CHOC
n. Colloq. Chocolate. [abbreviation]
CHOP
—v. (-pp-) 1 (usu. Foll. By off, down, etc.) Cut or fell by the blow of an axe etc.
- (often foll. By up) cut into small pieces.
- strike (esp. A ball) with a short heavy edgewise blow. —n. - cutting blow.
- thick slice of meat (esp. Pork or lamb) usu. Including a rib.
- short chopping stroke in cricket etc.
- (prec. By the) slang a = *sack1 n. 2. B killing or being killed. [related to *chap2]
- n. (usu. In pl.) Jaw. [origin unknown]
- v. (-pp-) chop and change vacillate; change direction frequently. Chop logic argue pedantically. [perhaps related to *cheap]
CHOW
mein n. Chinese-style dish of fried noodles with shredded meat or shrimps etc. And vegetables. [chinese chao mian fried flour]
- n. - slang food.
- dog of a chinese breed with long woolly hair. [chinese chow-chow]
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