chop logic
Example Sentences
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Many of the jokes are far past saving and a good bit of the chop logic word play is tedious word work.
From Time Magazine Archive
True, Pamela, said he; you chop logic very prettily.
From Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Richardson, Samuel
Livy makes his ancient Romans wrangle and chop logic with all the subtlety of a Hortensius or a Scaevola.
From Essays and Lectures by Wilde, Oscar
Confound it, Morris," exclaimed the Colonel, losing patience; "don't chop logic like a petty sessions lawyer.
From Stella Fregelius by Haggard, Henry Rider
Helen was not in a condition to chop logic, or ever much inclined to it; now less than ever, and least of all with Miss Clarendon, so able as she was.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 10 by Edgeworth, Maria
