[Ads-l] Antedating of "Chops" (Jazz Sense)

[Shapiro, Fred]

chops (OED, n.2, jazz sense, 1937)

1934 Afro-American (Baltimore) 6 Jan. 18 (ProQuesr)

I resolve to give a good "sapping" to the "wag" who ... heats up his "chops" to a great degree.

Fred Shapiro

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