pippie en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Māori pipi (“Paphies australis”).
Meanings
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(Australia, New-Zealand) A cockle.
Sieni came running from behind a fallen coconut tree beside the lagoon with her skirt gathered up in her hands, and full of pippies and sea eggs.
1959, Marie Maddox, Children of Samoa: A True Story of the Children of Western Samoa:By the way, the common "pippie” contains it in small amounts, so does shark liver oil, if you like it.
1937, New Zealand Dental Journal - Volume 33, page 167:Down on the beach, we'd all gather and load pippie and oyster shells, to be burnt then added as lime to the sandy soil.
2013, Sandy Thorne, Old-Timers: Magnificent Stories from Mighty Australians, page 4:Our beaches have always been a tremendous tourist attraction to surfers and fishermen, but with the spoliation of some of them and the destruction of pippie beds there has been a continual outcry against the mining companies—so much so that the companies themselves have attempted to allay the outcry and create a better public image for themselves.
1968, New South Wales. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, page 311:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pippies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |