Cappie

//ˈkæpi// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    capitalist colloquial, neologism
  2. 2
    a small, usually wooden drinking vessel Scotland

    "18??, James Napier, Folk Lore: Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland Within This Century After a time, he was surprised to see the hopper beginning to go, and, looking up, he saw a little manakin holding a little cappie in his hand and filling it at the hopper."

  3. 3
    Alternative letter-case form of Cappie. alt-of

Example

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"18??, James Napier, Folk Lore: Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland Within This Century After a time, he was surprised to see the hopper beginning to go, and, looking up, he saw a little manakin holding a little cappie in his hand and filling it at the hopper."

Etymology

From cap + -ie.

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