In Paris, France, a unit of liquid capacity, = ¼ poisson = ¹⁄₃₂
pinte, about 29.1 milliliters (about 2 U.S. tablespoons).
In the French Antilles (Martinique, Guadeloupe, etc.), a unit of liquid capacity = ½ chopine = 2 muces, about 236.6 milliliters.
Doursther, page 466.
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