Neep

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The swede (rutabaga); turnip. Scotland

    "Poor Mr Piddle with his long think neck and his long thin head, as bald as a neep and something the shape […]"

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swede

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"Poor Mr Piddle with his long think neck and his long thin head, as bald as a neep and something the shape […]"

Etymology

From Middle English neep, from Old English nǣp (“turnip, rape”), borrowed from Latin nāpus. Compare Icelandic næpa (“turnip”). Cognate with English turnip.

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