See Also: CHAP(medicine)
CHAP(money)
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Mixed Vegetables with Noodles and Beef (Chap Ch' ae)(recipes)

chap (oh)



[Sense: 1; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: chapman 'traveling seller of goods' (11-19 centuries), from Old English ceapman, from ceap ( CHEAP1) + man]
[Sense: 2; Date: 1800-1900; Language: Mexican Spanish; Origin: chappareras, from Spanish chaparro; CHAPARRAL]
[C] especially BrE a man, especially a man you know and like
::a decent sort of chap
chaps [plural] protective leather covers worn over your trousers when riding a horse
-see also chapped