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- noun Plural form of
chopine .
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Examples
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The lady shown here is wearing "chopines", or platform shoes.
Neatorama 2010
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Walking in chopines without someone, even two people, assisting the wearer was impossible.
Leora Tanenbaum: How to Wear High-Heeled Shoes and Walk at the Same Time Leora Tanenbaum 2011
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These shoes resemble chopines -- extreme platforms favored by courtesans in fifteenth-century Italy.
Leora Tanenbaum: How to Wear High-Heeled Shoes and Walk at the Same Time Leora Tanenbaum 2011
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Women spent centuries afterwards navigating unwieldy heels like Renaissance-era chopines that sometimes reached heights of 30 inches.
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The height of chopines put today's Louboutins to shame.
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A pinte (980 grams) contained two livres, or chopines, or four demi-septiers (122.5 grams). or eight poissons (15 grams).
Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983
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A pinte (980 grams) contained two livres, or chopines, or four demi-septiers (122.5 grams). or eight poissons (15 grams).
Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983
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Madame F. stood at the bar rapidly pouring chopines of wine through the pewter funnel, with a wet dishcloth always handy, because every man in the room tried to make love to her.
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Ell's ont bier bu quatre-cingt pots, cinq, six chopines.
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Ell's ont bien bu qurtre-vingt pots, cinq, six chopines.
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