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nappy check en · NOUN

Etymology

From nappy + check.

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, uncommon) Synonym of diaper check (“the action of inspecting a person's diaper to see if it is wet or soiled”).
   • Hourly nappy check and toileting. 1983 November 14, Nursing Times, volume 157, IPC Specialist and Professional Press, page 41:
   • It may be helpful to turn this around and fit nappy checks, for example, around activities, or changing children when needed rather than all together (although snacks and mealtimes are less flexible). Experience has shown that children who are changed when needed receive more individual care and higher quality one-to-one interaction. 2004, Maureen Daly, Elizabeth Byers, Wendy Taylor, Early Years Management in Practice: A Handbook for Early Years Managers, Pearson Education, →ISBN, page 121:
   • Ha! Yes, the nappy checks, the belches, the spills! The way they all quietly cheered Toby's burps, as if each were a champagne cork popping! 2006, Emma Neale, Relative Strangers, Random House New Zealand, →ISBN, page 54:

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Synonyms

diaper check