not much chop

adjective

Not very good; unimpressive; of poor quality.

OriginHindi छाप →
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Meanings

adjectivenot much chop (not comparable)
  1. Australianot comparableslangNot very good; unimpressive; of poor quality.

    "She's not much chop, you know." "Why are you against her, Sir?" "I dislike her type - intensely."

    1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter I, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, page 7

Origin

  1. Hindiछाप“stamp”
  2. Englishnot much chop

From chop (“quality, class, a mark or stamp indicating this”), ultimately from Hindi छाप (chāp, “stamp”).

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