He looked so streaked and so chop-fallen, that I felt kinder sorry for him; I actilly thought he'd— The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville
He was chop-fallen always after this, and got negligent in his person.— Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
The conductor walked away, looking quite chop-fallen, and Philip turned to his new friend.— The Errand Boy
He was very chop-fallen about his mistake, which involved his character as a bushman.— Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland
On each of its four sides it put in sheepish and chop-fallen countenance a row of boarding houses.— The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel
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