"Chip in" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... with, cast in one's lot with; join partnership, enter into partnership with; rally round, follow the lead of; come to, pass over to, come into the views of; be in the same boat, row in the same boat; sail in the same boat; sail on the same tack. be a party to, lend oneself to; chip in; participate; have a hand in, have a finger in the pie; take part in, bear part in; second &c (aid) 707; take the part of, play the game of; espouse a cause, espouse a quarrel. Adj. cooperating &c v.; in cooperation &c n., in league &c ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... he said, in a soft, ominous tone; "that's the bank. They give a fellow a post that keeps him going night and day, Sundays and holidays, knowing that if he gets up against it absolutely, some other mark will chip in and help him out. They get the greatest possible labor out of the least possible staff at the lowest ...
— A Canadian Bankclerk • J. P. Buschlen
... farm out near Xenia, Ohio, where I lay up in winter, that I'm going to own for myself one of these days. I've seen too many in this business die right in exhibition, and the show have to chip in to bury 'em, for me not to save up against a ...
— Humoresque - A Laugh On Life With A Tear Behind It • Fannie Hurst
... a dam' fool I want to shake hands with. You aren't excited and you don't play to the gallery; so if there's anything you want on this ranch, from a posse to a pack-outfit, it's yours. And if either of you get Sears, I'll sure chip in my share to buy ...
— Partners of Chance • Henry Herbert Knibbs
... deal of thanks fer stirring up such an interest. I don't have the sort er feelin' that Boyden has. I stand ready and willin' ter put my hand in my pocket ter help aout expenses, ef some others will 'gree ter chip in." ...
— Randy and Her Friends • Amy Brooks
... Farrell, pondering in his turn. "There's the risk of leaving me behind to chip in on you both. Well . . . You don't run any whalers from this ...
— Foe-Farrell • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
... companion at the top of his lungs, I lost all patience. It only needed Baron Huraki's appearance and quiet request for the evacuation of his deck chair, and the insolent stare and non-compliance of the Russian, to make me chip in with: ...
— The Secrets of the German War Office • Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves
... an' as thar ain't even a white chip in mere nomenclature that a-way, of course Doc Peets don't call 'em 'Jonathan an' David' ...
— Wolfville • Alfred Henry Lewis
... dried little man spoke up suddenly, "how much does one of them there camaries cost? I'd be willin' to chip in and help buy one; and, by gorry, we could make some movin' pitchers of our own and sell 'em, if we caji't do no better." He craned his neck and peered the length of the table at Luck. "Ain't no law ag'in it, ...
— The Phantom Herd • B. M. Bower
... been a habit of mine, in these little matters,' he went on, 'to let other folks do the rough work, and chip in myself when they've cleared the way. It saves trouble and expense. I don't travel with a gang, like that bone-headed Buck. What's the use of a gang? They only get tumbling over each other and spoiling everything. Look at Buck! Where is he? Down ...
— The Little Nugget • P.G. Wodehouse
... the man said. "You can go as high as you like. Chips cost you a hundred credits. You start it up by dropping a chip in ...
— Gambler's World • John Keith Laumer
... Brown. He and I do business together. And Bunker Blue does me favors once in a while. I guess there won't be any hurry about paying for this glass. You can pay me five cents a week if you want to. And I should think the other boys ought to chip in and help you pay for it. That's what we used to do when I played ball. If a window was broken we all helped ...
— Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store • Laura Lee Hope
... yarn. I can chip in when the other fellow starts bukhing. Ask him." He pointed to Dick Four, whose nose gleamed ...
— Stalky & Co. • Rudyard Kipling
... only satisfaction she gin me when she left home, was—she was gwine to New York to hunt for Miss Ellie. I tole her she was heading for a wild goose chase, and her answer signified she was leaving all of them fowls behind. If she was here, she'd be only a 'clean chip in your homny pot'; for she wouldn't never touch your job with a forty-foot pole, and what's more, she'd tie my hands. I ain't afeard of my ole 'oman, but I respects her too high to cross her; and ...
— At the Mercy of Tiberius • August Evans Wilson
... opportunity," he ses, "and break it to 'er gentle like. When I speak to you, you chip in, and ...
— Short Cruises • W.W. Jacobs |
