A few blocks were cut and set, but the wind swept them away as if they were Chips.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
For, along a line of rocks, although we might suffer from hunger, we should no longer be helpless Chips on the ocean drift, and if no other life should be seen, at least occasional shrimps would gladden the heart.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
All were assigned specific chores and the youngest started out picking up Chips and other small pieces of wood from the 'woodpile' for kindling to start the fire in the kitchen range at daylight in the morning....
"Frying Pan Farm"
Elizabeth Brown Pryor