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chopine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /tʃəʊˈpiːn/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from French chopine, diminutive of chope + -ine. Doublet of chopin.

Meanings

1. A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 fluid liters, ⅓ of the volume of a standard bottle.
2. (historical, qualifier:footwear) A type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries.
   • Byrlady your Ladyſhip is neerer Heauen then when I ſaw you laſt, by the altitude of a Choppine. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 263, column 2, lines 364-365:
   • He creaked to and fro, tiptoing up nearer heaven by the altitude of a chopine […] 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[9]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:

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zoccolo · calcagnetti · pianella