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May 26, 2012
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chop•in



Pronunciation: (chop'in), [key]
—n.
1. an old Scottish unit of liquid measure equivalent to about a quart.
2. a container holding this amount.

chop•in



Pronunciation: (chop'in), [key]
—n.
chopine.

Cho•pin



Pronunciation: (shō'pan; for 1 also Fr. shô-pan'), [key]
—n.
1. Fré•dé•ric Fran•çois Pronunciation: (fred'u-rik fran-swä', fred'rik; Fr. frā-dā-rēk' frän-swa'), [key] 1810–49, Polish composer and pianist, in France after 1831.
2. Kate O'Flaherty, 1851–1904, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.

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