Definition of "chopfallen" []

• Variant of chapfallen. (adjective)

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• "The Abbe chanced one day to be in company with my husband, who was an old acquaintance of his, where many of the chopfallen deputies, like themselves, true lovers of their country, could not help declaring their indignation at its degraded state, and reprobating Bonaparte for rendering it so ridiculous in the face of Europe and the world."
• "The Stockingtonians were chopfallen, but they were angry and dogged; and"
• ""Oh, don't look so chopfallen!" he went on, scornfully, when Paul blinked."