† chopnessn.
(See quot.)
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1766 Goody Two-Shoes (1882) 149 Then getting a Chopness (a Thing like a Spade) and digging, he discovered a Copper-chest, full of Gold.
1830 in Maunder
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Chopness, a kind of spade.
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
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