Zepp en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
Clipping of Zeppelin.
Meanings
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(informal) A Zeppelin airship.
Only after the first explosions did the people of Folkestone notice the sound of engines beating the air. They hardly understood what they heard. They screamed “Zepps! Zepps!” for until then Zeppelin dirigibles had been the only mechanism of air attack they knew.
1986, Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 98:
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(informal) A Zeppelin stamp.
This is about your last chance to buy cheaply as the stock in the U. S. is cleaned up. Remember the Zepps, including the 50c one!! Postage 3c.
1936 January 11, “The $5.00 No. 480 [advertisement]”, in Linn's Weekly Stamp News, volume 8, number 11, Columbus, Ohio, page 234:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zepps | Number=Plur | lexicographic |