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The phrase "a chap in the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in informal contexts to refer to a man or boy in a specific situation or location.
Example: "I saw a chap in the park who was playing guitar."
Alternatives: "a guy in the" or "a fellow in the".
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He hadn't, of course, so this otherwise cast-iron reason for shooting a chap in the head collapsed.
It was the only Wigan game where I have seen a chap in the crowd sporting a maroon felt bowtie.
6.03pm BST Rain update: there's a chap in the crowd trying to keep himself dry by covering his head with a towel.
To fill the gap, Steve tells me about his first time out as a ghillie: "There was a chap in the middle of the river.
Our time there is further enlivened by a chap in the bar who was, apparently, in the French equivalent of the SAS, worked with the British SAS and has an SAS baseball cap to prove it.
When some of the visitors foolishly embark upon their departure over a high Himalayan pass, they are accompanied by a young local lady, in love with a chap in the party.
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"They had bought the bear three years before from a chap in Leeds so the poor thing had been in there for a long time," said Ms Chesney.
In fact, I don't want a chap in Whitehall or the White House changing his view because of what I write.
The 'expert' analysis is coming from a chap in what looks like the old CBBC broom cupboard.
In the second episode, someone gets knifed in the eye by a chap in a dress.
While he waits, he falls into a conversation with a chap in a jumpsuit (Kitson), who occupies the tree like a suburban Tarzan.
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