chopfallen
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of chopfallen
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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Bill Jack, far from chopfallen, announced a new policy: a refund to the Government of profits above 6%; no more executive bonuses and no dividends for the duration.
From Time Magazine Archive
The con man promptly tries to con Peachum, and the complicated negotiations with the avaricious partners alternately licking their chops or woefully chopfallen are among the choicest comic morsels in the book.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Stockingtonians were chopfallen, but they were angry and dogged; and They thronged up to the village and the front of the hall.
From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various
“This is a pretty kettle of fish,” the chopfallen captain groaned.
From A Hero of Ticonderoga by Rowland E. Robinson
In that moment of cruel memory, of ghastly chopfallen vanity, it was all she could do not visibly to shrink from him.
From The Second Generation by David Graham Phillips
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