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chopines

chopines is the plural of chopine.

Meaning of chopine

Noun

chopine (plural chopines)

  1. A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 fluid liters, ⅓ of the volume of a standard bottle.
  2. (historical, footwear) 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.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about chopines

What is chopines the plural of?
Chopines is the plural of chopine.

Words near chopines in the dictionary

  1. chophouse
  2. chophouses
  3. Chopi
  4. chopin
  5. chopine
  6. chopines
  7. choping
  8. Chopinian
  9. chopins
  10. choplet
  11. choplets

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