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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Pidgin English
Origin: chop 'fast'; CHOPSTICK

chop-chop

 interjection
     
chop-chop
an expression used when you want someone to hurry:
Come on! Chop-chop!
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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