Col"lop (?), n. [Of uncertain origin; cf. OF. colp blow, stroke, piece, F. coup, fr. L. colophus buffet, cuff, Gr. ] [Written also colp.]

1.

A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.

God knows thou art a collop of my flesh. Shak.

Sweetbread and collops were with skewers pricked. Dryden.

2.

A part or piece of anything; a portion.

Cut two good collops out of the crown land. Fuller.

 

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