to chop logic

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to chop logic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chop \Chop\, v. t. [Cf. D. koopen to buy. See Cheapen, v. t.,
     and cf. Chap, v. i., to buy.]
     1. To barter or truck.
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     2. To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
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              We go on chopping and changing our friends.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
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     To chop logic, to dispute with an affected use of logical
        terms; to argue sophistically.
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