Chopsticks
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late 17th century: pidgin English, from chop ‘quick’ + stick1, translating Chinese dialect kuàizi, literally ‘nimble ones’. Compare with chop-chop1.
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Originally called The Celebrated Chop Waltz, because of the chopping motion of the fingers on the keys.