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chopine definition

cho·pine (c̸hō pēn′, c̸häp′in)

noun

a woman's shoe with a very thick sole, as of cork, worn in the 16th and 17th cent.

Etymology: Sp chapin < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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