To Chop and Change (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Chop and Change

To exchange backwards and forwards. To chop, in the canting sense, means making dispatch, or hurrying over any business: ex. The autem bawler will soon quit the hums, for he chops up the whiners; the parson will soon quit the pulpit, for he hurries over the prayers. See Autem Bawler, HUMS, and WHINERS.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

Chop * Chop Churches

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

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Francis Grose was independently wealthy, having inherited money from his father, a jeweller. Finding himself overspending, he published a number of books; his Provincial Glossary seems to have been the starting-point for the Vulgar Tongue reproduced here.