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nappie en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. Alternative form of nappy: ▸ A diaper.
    • Depositing Susie in the bathinette, I removed the soiled nappie. 1954, Ernest Cady, We Adopted Three, page 65:
  2. Alternative form of nappy: ▸ A shallow bowl.
    • The solid colored pieces sold with this line were the nappie, fruit bowl, creamer, sugar bowl with lid, and cup. 2003, Bob Page, Dale Frederiksen, Dean Six, Homer Laughlin: Decades of Dinnerware, page 219:
    • For family service, the 4-inch nappie is more practical than the sherbet glass. 1941, Beth Bailey McLean, The Table Graces, page 19:
    • Numerous Eastern and Midwestern glasshouses produced the nappie in several sizes. 2009, Joan E. Kaiser, The Glass Industry in South Boston, page 114:
  3. Alternative form of nappy: ▸ A type of strong ale.
    • a. 1846, Robert Burns, Comforts of the Poor, 1846, Henry Corbould, The Book of the Poets, page 448, An' whyles twalpennie-worth o′ nappie / Can mak the bodies unco happy ;

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