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chopine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chopine has 1 sense
- chopine(n = noun.artifact) platform - a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole; Array is a kind of shoe
CIDE DICTIONARY
chopine, n. [Cf. OF. chapin, escapin, Sp. chapin, Pg. chapim.].
A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more. [1913 Webster]
"Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine."
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