Chapess

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female chap; a woman. British, informal

    "My friends are the undergraduates, chaps and chapesses, and as long as I can pour good wine down their gullets and listen into the small hours […]"

Example

More examples

"My friends are the undergraduates, chaps and chapesses, and as long as I can pour good wine down their gullets and listen into the small hours […]"

Etymology

From chap + -ess.

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