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chip noun- heroin, particularly when weakened below the market norm US, 1974
- — Richard A. Spears, The Slang and Jargon of Drugs and Drink, p. 105, 1986
- — Robert Ashton, This Is Heroin, p. 205, 2002
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 283, 2003
- a shilling UK
Hence, HALF A CHIP (6d). - — Paul Tempest, Lag’s Lexicon, 1950
- in games of chance, a counter that represents a monetary value US, 1840
- a cash register US
- — Hyman E. Goldin et al., Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, p. 43, 1950
- a chipolata sausage UK, 1967
Usually used in the plural. Noted by Anthony Burgess in a letter to Partridge, 1967. - a quarrel AUSTRALIA
- We had a bit of a chip over one thing and another. — Kylie Tennant, Lost Haven, 1947
- a small surfboard made from lightweight balsa wood US
Also known as a “potato chip.” - — John Severson, Modern Surfing Around the World, p. 166, 1964
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