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chopine
UK /tʃəʊˈpiːn/ US /tʃəʊˈpiːn/
noun 2
Definitions
noun
1
A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 fluid liters, ⅓ of the volume of a standard bottle.
2
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.
He creaked to and fro, tiptoing up nearer heaven by the altitude of a chopine […]
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