choffer

choffer

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔː.fə/

Noun

choffer (plural choffers)

1. 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.

Noun

choffer (plural choffers)

1. (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 […]