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English
Etymology
From French chopine.
Noun
chopin (plural chopins)
- (obsolete) A liquid unit of measure of almost half a pint.
1742, Virgil, “Appendix to the Georgicks”, in James Hamilton, transl., Virgil’s Pastorals Translated into English Prose; as also His Georgicks, , Edinburgh: Printed by W. Cheyne, ; old by J. Traill and G. Crawford, ; and by J. Barry , →OCLC, page 43:I ſowed on this Ground, without any Dung or Manure, a Lippy of Oats, from which I had a Boll wanting a Chopin.
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