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chapfallen

[chop-faw-luhn, chap-] / ˈtʃɒpˌfɔ lən, ˈtʃæp- /










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Since Matt excels at writing about sensitive people whose lives slump within that chapfallen key, the result is songs that are rich with mood, slow-cooked all the way down.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2010

Tough, intelligent, determined and, now, icily angry, Oxford-trained Economist Hugh Gaitskell had saved his claim to party leadership and served notice on the somewhat chapfallen neutralists that they had won only one round.

From Time Magazine Archive

But wheat prices were up, around $1, and wheat farmers could not be wholly chapfallen with the prospect of dollar wheat.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dan was going to say, "He's very amiable, though," but he was afraid of his mother's retorting, "To you?" and he held his peace, looking chapfallen.

From April Hopes by William Dean Howells

“O!” cried John, chapfallen; “do you think that absolutely necessary?”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson




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