chop-fallen

Completely chop-fallen, the Indian ruffian was silent: at any rate, I had done for HIM.

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Leaving the chop-fallen attorney to mature his plans, the conqueror returned to the hut.

Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue Warren T. Ashton

He came out chop-fallen and took his personal belongings from the assistant's desk.

Certain Success Norval A. Hawkins

Arrived there, we found the hound standing on the bank, wet to the skin, and looking decidedly chop-fallen.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 Various

Arrived there, we found the hound standing on the bank, wet to the skin, and looking decidedly chop-fallen.

Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

'But I must be in Cambridge by eight o'clock,' replied the young man, looking a little chop-fallen.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

And they seemed extremely wamble-cropt and chop-fallen; their feathers shone not, even their sickle-feathers drooped in the dust, and their combs were white.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

Now, when Sarah Gayly affirmed (on the part of the prisoner) that "I have reason to know her because she has the same sort of a scar on her forehead that I have, we used to make fun of each other about the marks," etc., if it was not evident to all, it was to some, that she had "stolen their thunder," as the "chop-fallen" countenances of the slave-holder's witnesses indicated in a moment.

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. William Still

It is curious to witness the chop-fallen aspect of the poor toll-collectors.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Various

Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chop-fallen?

Public Speaking Irvah Lester Winter