See chippy on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1971, Robert Altman, Brian McKay, 00:17:46 from the start, in McCabe & Mrs. Miller:",
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"ref": "1971, Robert Altman, Brian McKay, 00:17:46 from the start, in McCabe & Mrs. Miller:",
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"ref": "2008, Nicholas L. Syrett, chapter C, in The Company He Keeps: A History of White College Fraternities, →ISBN, page 176:",
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"ref": "2008, Patrick Naughton, chapter I, in Whistle Wood, Land of the Fathers, →ISBN, page 33:",
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"ref": "2009, John Wise, chapter 12, in Sweet Dreams, →ISBN, page 308:",
"text": "Albert was flabbergasted. Yer really buyin′ a chippy?” Tom smiled whilst nodding his head. “That′s me plan.”",
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"A potato chip."
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"(New Zealand) A potato chip."
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"ref": "1908, Alice Lounsberry, chapter I, in The Garden Book for Young People, page 139:",
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"ref": "1974, Eric Josephson, Eleanor Elizabeth Carroll, Columbia University. School of Public Health and Administrative Medicine, Drug use: epidemiological and sociological approaches (page 110)",
"text": "The heroin user in the United States typically \"chippies\" for some time before becoming a regular user."
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