chop-chop

alternative chop chop

1. Used to urge someone to do something quickly.

   (Singapore) chop-chop kalipok

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   ‘Now you get down to the bathroom an’ I’ll hop ashore and organise it. Chop-chop.’

   1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 137

   We got places to be, pal! Chop chop!

   2023 December 9, MasterSwordRemix, quoting Flowey, Undertale Yellow, UG Apartments, Neutral Route

alternative chop chop

1. not comparableQuickly.

   "Well, more soon, more better; sendee chop chop," I told him.

   1836 May 18, The Commercial Journal and Advertiser, Sydney, page 4, column 3

   2 more examples

   "Sam, when you have catchee chow-chow, I want you chop-chop" (quickly).

   1850, J. Berncastle, A Voyage to China, London: W. Shoberl, page 66

   ‘And another beer! But cold this time, hear that, boy? Muchee coldee, and bring it chop chop.’

   1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 13

alternative chop chop

1. AustraliainformaluncountableTobacco that is produced and sold without excise (tax), and therefore cheap and illegal.

   2002 November 11, Major ‘chop chop’ seizure in Northern Queensland, Australian Taxation Office, media release.

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   We are here today to try and do the impossible: to stop the chop chop industry.

   1944, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, volume 265, page 30968

   Attitudes to tobacco mean it′s virtually sold under the counter (and we′re not talking about ‘chop chop’).

   2007, Martin Hughes, The Slow Guide: Melbourne, unnumbered page