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old chap en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. (UK, dated) Affectionate term of address for a man.
   • ‘Well, look here, old chap,’ he said, ‘let's have strict business between friends. If you'll pay me back four quid at the end of term, you shall have the two pounds. How does that strike you?’ 1903, P. G. Wodehouse, A Prefect's Uncle, A & C Black:
2. (UK, colloquial) The penis.
   • 1997-99, various writers, Blue Jam DR PERLIN: I'll need to have a look at your old chap.
   • Withnail: You fill this with piss, take this pipe down the trouser, and sellotape this valve to the end of the old chap. Then you get horribly drunk, and they can't fucking touch you. 1987, Bruce Robinson, Withnail and I:

Forms

Relateds

old fart · old bean · old boy · old girl

Synonyms

old fellow · old fellow

Translations (7)

es viejales (Affectionate term of address for a man) · de alter Schwede (Affectionate term of address for a man) · he קשישא (Affectionate term of address for a man) · it vecchio mio (Affectionate term of address for a man) · fr mon grand (Affectionate term of address for a man) · de altes Haus (Affectionate term of address for a man) · fr mon vieux (Affectionate term of address for a man)