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chop·in

1   [chop-in]
noun
1.
an old Scottish unit of liquid measure equivalent to about a quart.
2.
a container holding this amount.
Origin:
1225–75; Middle English < Middle French chopine < Middle Low German scōpe scoop < Middle Dutch schoepe

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chop·in

2   [chop-in]
noun
chopine.

Cho·pin

   [shoh-pan; for 1 also Fr. shaw-pan]
noun
1.
Fré·dé·ric Fran·çois  [fred-uh-rik fran-swah, fred-rik; Fr. frey-dey-reek frahn-swa] , 1810–49, Polish composer and pianist, in France after 1831.
2.
Kate O'Flaherty, 1851–1904, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
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Chopin (ˈʃɒpæn, French ʃɔpɛ̃)
 
—n
Frédéric (François) (frederik). 1810--49, Polish composer and pianist active in France, who wrote chiefly for the piano: noted for his harmonic imagination and his lyrical and melancholy qualities

chopine or chopin (tʃɒˈpiːn, ˈtʃɒpɪn)
 
—n
a sandal-like shoe on tall wooden or cork bases popular in the 18th century
 
[C16: from Old Spanish chapín, probably imitative of the sound made by the shoe when walking]
 
chopin or chopin
 
—n
 
[C16: from Old Spanish chapín, probably imitative of the sound made by the shoe when walking]

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