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Expect chap will get work (4)

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hope

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'expect' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'chap will get work' is the wordplay.
'chap will' becomes 'he' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'get' is an insertion indicator.
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus).
'he' going around 'op' is 'HOPE'.

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(Other definitions for hope that I've seen before include "Longing" , "The Cape of Good -" , "Companion to faith and charity" , "'. . . . springs eternal in the human breast'" , "One who wrote about prisoner" .)

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