Usually means: Resentment held from past grievances.
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  1. chip on one's shoulder: Merriam-Webster
  2. chip on one's shoulder: Wiktionary
  3. chip on one's shoulder, chip on ones shoulder: Dictionary.com
  4. Chip on one's shoulder: World Wide Words

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  1. chip on ones shoulder: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (chip on one's shoulder)

noun:  A form of challenge, in the same spirit as a medieval knight throwing down his gauntlet.
noun:  (idiomatic) A habitually combative attitude, usually because of a harboured grievance, sense of inferiority, or having something to prove.
noun:  (idiomatic) A tendency to take offence quickly.


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