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He left a dance where he had hoped to secure Katrina’s hand disappointed — or “chopfallen,” as the text says.

“This is a pretty kettle of fish,” the chopfallen captain groaned.

We laughed heartily at these men who, but a few days previous, had looked woefully chopfallen, fearing that Harrwitz was too strong for Morphy.

Gentlemen went in search of her and her fortune, from Paris, from Brussels, even from London and Vienna; but all came back chopfallen.

Mr. Titmouse walked along Piccadilly with a truly chopfallen and disconsolate air.