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Lippie

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of lippy (“lipstick”). alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "Like some kind of masonic handshake, Collie passed Vanya a tube of black lippie. She smeared it carelessly across her wide mouth and handed it to me. My parents would have a hissy fit if they knew I put on lipstick but they weren't around."

  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of lippy (“dry measure”). alt-of, alternative

    "A miniſter's ſtipend is paid by the heritors as follows: James Speers pays 3 bolls 3 firlots 1 peck 3 lippies oats, 2 bolls barley, and L. 3 : 15 : 4; [...]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From lip + -ie.

Etymology 2

From leap (“trap or snare for fish made from twigs; (obsolete) basket”) + -ie.

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