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chop⋅in

1  [chop-in]
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–noun
1. an old Scottish unit of liquid measure equivalent to about a quart.
2. a container holding this amount.
Origin:
1225–75; ME < MF chopine < MLG scōpe scoop < MD 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.

cho⋅pine

  [choh-peen, chop-in]
–noun
a shoe having a thick sole, usually of cork, suggesting a short stilt, worn esp. by women in 18th-century Europe after its introduction from Turkey.
Also, chopin.

Origin:
1570–80; < Sp chapín, equiv. to chap(a) (< MF chape chape ) + -in -in 1
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Cho·pin   (shō'pān', shō-pāɴ')   
Polish-born French composer and pianist of the romantic era. His music, written chiefly for the piano, was based on traditional Polish dance themes.
Cho·pin   (shō'pān')   
American writer whose works, such as The Awakening (1899), portray Creole life in Louisiana.
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