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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHAP-FALLEN

a.[chap and fall. ] Having the lower chap depressed; hence, dejected; dispirited; silenced.

 

Oxford Dictionary

chap-fallen

chap-fallen (also chop-fallen ) ▶adjective archaic with one's lower jaw hanging due to extreme exhaustion or dejection. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from chap 3 .