1884. _Stonyhurst Mag._, June, p. 294. The old kitchen was very near the site of the present one, but a part of it jutted into what is now the end of the Higher Line Washing-place. Just outside this was a flight of old oaken steps leading to the refectory. Beyond these stairs, leading out to the back, there was a very old round-headed oaken door, which is now in the buttery; it is about three hundred years old. This was called CHIP-ENTRY. *Chips*, _subs._ (Wellington).—A kind of grill. [From its hardness.] *Choice*, _subs._ (Harrow).—A candidate in course of trial for an Eleven (House or School), and who has not got his CAP (_q.v._), FEZ (_q.v._), or FLANNELS (_q.v._). *Chorister*, _subs._ (Winchester).—_See_ quots. _c._ 1840. MANSFIELD, _School-Life at Winchester_ (1866), 33. Besides the Warden, Fellows, masters, and boys, there were twelve “CHORISTERS,” who must by no means be omitted, as they formed an important part of the internal economy. I suppose they were called CHORISTERS because they had not to sing; certainly if ever that was a part of their duty, it had entirely lapsed. Their office was to wait on boys, in hall and chambers, till seven o’clock, and especially to go on errands in the town,—the boys themselves never being allowed to go there, except when invited by friends on Saints’ days. These little CHORISTERS wore chocolate-coloured tail-coats and trousers, with metal buttons; and, on the whole, I think their life must have been a weary one.... _Ibid._, 189. The CHORISTERS really do sing now, and have not to run errands in the town for boys, but wait on them in the hall instead. 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, p. 22. The Bible-clerk meanwhile reading aloud a chapter from the Old Testament, the CHORISTERS waited at table. An antiphonal grace and psalm were sung, after which the CHORISTERS and college servants took their dinner. *Chouse*, _subs._ (Eton and Winchester).—A shame; an imposition. Hence CHOUSER. [A derivative of chouse = trick; swindle: _see_ quot. 1890.] 1864. _Athenæum._ When an Eton boy says that anything is “a beastly CHOUSE,” he means that it is a great shame; and when an Eton peripatetic tradesman is playful enough to call his customer “a little CHOUSER,” he means that a leaf has been taken out of his own book by one on whom he has practised. 1883. BRINSLEY RICHARDS, _Seven Years at Eton_. The boy ... was told that what he had done was an awful CHOUSE.