chop of tea

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chop of tea - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chop \Chop\, n. [Chin. & Hind. ch[=a]p stamp, brand.]
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     1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
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     2. A permit or clearance.
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     Chop dollar, a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity.
        
  
     chop of tea, a number of boxes of the same make and quality
        of leaf.
  
     Chowchow chop. See under Chowchow.
  
     Grand chop, a ship's port clearance. --S. W. Williams.
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