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单词 mouldy chops
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mouldy chopsn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mouldy adj.1, chop n.2
Etymology: < mouldy adj.1 + the plural of chop n.2 Compare earlier mouldychaps n.
derogatory. Obsolete.
An old person. Frequently as a contemptuous form of address. Cf. mouldy adj.1 2a.
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a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman iii. i. 150 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) You mouldy chops, know your crib, I would wish you.
1693 T. Southerne Maids Last Prayer iii. 34 Capt. Where's my gittern? Siam. Why, Numpee, you broke your Gittern, you know. Capt. My Gittern! mouldy Chops! where were you bred I trow?
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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