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Meaning of chop-chop | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

Tobacco that is produced and sold without excise (tax), and therefore cheap and illegal.

Australia, informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“We are here today to try and do the impossible: to stop the chop chop industry.”
“2002 November 11, Major ‘chop chop’ seizure in Northern Queensland, Australian Taxation Office, media release.”
“Attitudes to tobacco mean it′s virtually sold under the counter (and we′re not talking about ‘chop chop’).”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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