»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.