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chop⋅fall⋅en

[chop-faw-luhn]
–adjective
chapfallen.

Origin:
1595–1605

chap⋅fall⋅en

[chop-faw-luhn, chap-]
–adjective
dispirited; chagrined; dejected.


Origin:
1590–1600; chap 3 + fallen
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chap·fall·en   (chāp'fô'lən)   
adj.  Being in low spirits; dejected and disheartened.

[From obsolete chaps, alteration of chops.]
chop·fall·en   (chŏp'fô'lən)   
adj.  Variant of chapfallen.
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