cho|pine

cho|pine
cho|pine «choh PEEN, CHOP ihn», noun.
a shoe with a very thick sole, often of cork, formerly worn by women.
[< Spanish chapín, perhaps < chapa piece of leather, (originally) thin metal plate]

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