[f. CHOP sb.1 2 b + HOUSE.] An eating-house where mutton-chops, beefsteaks, and the like are supplied; ‘a mean house of entertainment, where provision ready dressed is sold’ (J.).
c. 1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, Chop-houses, where Both boyld and roast Mutton (in chopps) are alwayes ready.
1712. Steele, Spect., No. 308, ¶ 3. I dine at the Chop-house three Days a week.
a. 1861. Clough, Poems, Mari Magno, 577. Who friendless in a London lodging lives, Dines in a dingy chop-house.
