De chippur

n.

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A fish and chip establishment.

In use

I fell on me face de udder night on de way home from de chippur, an' I et me own eye tinkin' it was a pickled egg...

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Lawrence Muck

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I fell flat on my face the other night on the way home from the fish and chip shop, and ate my own eye thinking it was a pickled egg.

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