Obs. rare. ? A ‘chopping’ or strapping boy or child. Cf. CHOPPING a.
1605. Camden, Rem. (1629), 241. She had brought forth two monsters … such child-choppers, that as soone as euer they were borne, they were able to wage warre with a mighty King.
a. 1627. Middleton, No Wit, No Help, II. i. ’Twould have been A jolly chopper and’t have liv’d till this time.
