Mislippen

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To neglect. British, Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, transitive
  2. 2
    To suspect; to be suspicious of. British, Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, transitive

    "I thought it best to slip out quietly though, in case she should mislippen something of what we're gaun to do— [...]"

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"I thought it best to slip out quietly though, in case she should mislippen something of what we're gaun to do— [...]"

Etymology

From mis- + lippen.

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