Chip (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Chip

A child. A chip of the old block; a child who either in person or sentiments resembles its father or mother.

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

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

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