to chop and change

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

To exchange backwards and forwards. To chop, in the canting sense, means making dispatch, or hurrying over any business: ex. The AUTEM BAWLER will soon quit the HUMS, for he CHOPS UP the WHINERS; the parson will soon quit the pulpit, for he hurries over the prayers.


See autem bawler, hums, and *whiners

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