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chopping

noun C2
  1. The action by which something is chopped; the act of assailing something with chops.

Plural choppings

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Thereupon the Wicked Witch enchanted my axe, and when I was chopping away at my best one day, for I was anxious to get the new house and my wife as soon as possible, the axe slipped all at once and cut off my left leg.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 29 · B2
When I began chopping again, my axe slipped and cut off my right leg.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 29 · B2

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