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Who first used the term”a chip off the old block”?

Who first used the term”a chip off the old block”?

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Robert Sanderson, 1637. It was originally “a chip of the same block”,
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A few days ago
don n
This term usually refers to a boy resembling his father. It could refer to wood or stone. My guess is that it probably referred to wood since the use of wood and carpentry was more commonplace than stone sculpture.

The first person to use the term is probably lost in history.

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