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hippin

English

Noun

hippin (plural hippins)

  1. (Northumbria) A napkin for an infant.
  2. (Northumbria) Theatre curtain.
  3. (Tyneside, in the plural) Babies' nappies.

References

  • Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
  • Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From hiip (to gasp).

Adjective

hippin

  1. breathless
  2. dismayed, amazed

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pippin

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (a seed) (French pépin). See pip.

Noun

pippin (plural pippins)

  1. A seed

Etymology 2

Probably from Middle English pipin (a seed), as being raised from the seed.

Noun

pippin (plural pippins)

  1. Any of several varieties of eating apple that have a yellow or green skin with patches of red
  2. Any of several roundish or oblate apple varieties
  3. An apple tree raised from a seed (not grafted)

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