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chop-chop

chop-chop
 adj.— «Their monkey business was recently uncovered, they have been caught red handed dipping their dirty fingers in the cookie jar like the P1.3 million auto-clave scam. The machine used to sterilize hospital tools failed to meet specification and quality standards because the unit was unbranded and merely “chop-chop” or “pasad” in local parlance.» —“Trio Los Bobos [11]” by Peter Jimenea Iloilo Views (Philippines) Dec. 29, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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