Chefnap
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To abduct or kidnap a chef. transitive
"That Wodehouse Chap I think you have hit upon a brilliant new scheme in publishing Wodehouse on "chefnapping" (NATIONAL AFFAIRS, March 6). What better way to have readers become acquainted with authors they haven't sampled than with your vignettes? (Reviews on Wodehouse are usually "Wodehouse is Wodehouse," and we lazy souls need to be lured by something a bit more meaty.)"
Example
More examples"That Wodehouse Chap I think you have hit upon a brilliant new scheme in publishing Wodehouse on "chefnapping" (NATIONAL AFFAIRS, March 6). What better way to have readers become acquainted with authors they haven't sampled than with your vignettes? (Reviews on Wodehouse are usually "Wodehouse is Wodehouse," and we lazy souls need to be lured by something a bit more meaty.)"
Etymology
From chef + -nap.
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