Browse phrases beginning with: [A][B][C][D][E][F][G][H][I][J][K][L][M][N][O][P][Q][R][S][T][U,V][W][X,Y,Z] Chop and changeMeaning To change and change again. Origin Chop is a now archaic word which has been used for centuries to mean 'change suddenly' (see chop-chop). The first printed example of 'chop and change' that we have is from the 1485 Digby Mysteries:
Robert Greene's The Blacke Bookes Messenger - The Life and death of Ned Browne, a notable Cutpurse and Conny-catcher [thief and cheat], 1592, makes the meaning explicit:
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