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I think it is came from 「ちょっとまって」and would be alternated by a certain dialect
and archaic usage.

I would like to know why the manga character said it in the past tense.
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What is the meaning of 「ちょいとまった」?
It could be said semi-archaic variant of ちょっと. I've never heard people around
me use it unless they want to speak in a jocular way. It's also
(stereo-)typically associated with over-middle-age people, older school of
delinquent youth or yakuza, or roughly Edo to pre-war period accents in many
fictional works.

As for dialects, [online dictionaries on Gunma, Yamanashi, and Wakayama
dialects](http://www.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%A1%E3%82%87%E3%81%84%E3%81%A8)
seem to have this word as headword.

Don't confuse it with nominal suffix -ちょい, which is still in regular use as a
more casual variation of nominal suffix -ちょっと "a little over; -odd".

For the "past tense" part, see @chocolate's comment.
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