choffer
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔː.fə/
Etymology 1
Noun
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.
- 1838, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (page 541)
Etymology 2
Noun
choffer (plural choffers)
- (rare, colloquial) Eye dialect 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 […]
- 1910, Henry Sturmey, H. Walter Staner, The Autocar
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