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Meaning of chopine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
tʃəʊˈpiːn

Definitions

  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.
    historical

Equivalents

العربية قبقاب
Français chopine chopine

Examples

“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 […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Chopinian choplet choplogic chopmill Chopourian Chopp

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