chap
»A palefaced nervous sort of chap.» (T. T. T. 130. 4.)
A waiter.
»A wonderful talent for swallowing, these newspaper chaps has, some of ’em.» (T. T. T. 135. 3.)
The same.
»The chap who was nabbed at Birmingham.» (T. T. T. 163. 6.)
Uncultivated young man.
»The chap I am telling you about.» (T. T. T. 206. 20.)
A waiter.
»One day she fetched ’im round to one of them revivalist chaps.» (Sketches 201. 2.)
Uncultivated old woman.
= fellow, man.
The term seems to originate in an obsolete word chap (abbr. of chapman: Swed. köpman) = merchant.