choffer
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
choffer (plural choffers)
- Alternative form of chauffer (“heating device”)
- 1838, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, page 541:
- But the fact is not adverted to, that, after the chamber has been warmed, the choffer is removed or extinguished.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
choffer (plural choffers)
- (rare, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of chauffeur.
- 1910, Henry Sturmey, H. Walter Staner, The Autocar:
- He had some very amusing experiences, one son of toil confidentially informing him that "choffers" cannot afford a penny rise on a loaf any more […]