chip bonnet

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chip bonnet - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chip \Chip\, n.
     1. A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by
        an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.
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     2. A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.
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     3. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited
        in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
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     4. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used
        contemptuously.
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     5. One of the counters used in poker and other games.
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     6. (Naut.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log
        line.
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     Buffalo chips. See under Buffalo.
  
     Chip ax, a small ax for chipping timber into shape.
  
     Chip bonnet, Chip hat, a bonnet or a hat made of Chip.
        See Chip, n., 3.
  
     A chip off the old block, a child who resembles either of
        his parents. [Colloq.] --Milton.
  
     Potato chips, Saratoga chips, thin slices of raw potato
        fried crisp.
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