亚洲网紅露点

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nappy

1

[ nap-ee ]

noun

Chiefly Scot.
  1. liquor, especially ale.


nappy

2
or 苍补辫路辫颈别

[ nap-ee ]

noun

plural nappies.
  1. a small shallow dish, usually round and often of glass, with a flat bottom and sloping sides, for serving food.

nappy

3

[ nap-ee ]

adjective

nappier, nappiest.
  1. Sometimes Offensive. (especially of a Black person's hair) tightly curled; kinky.
  2. covered with nap; downy.

nappy

4

[ nap-ee ]

noun

British.
plural nappies.
  1. a diaper.

nappy

1

/ 藞苍忙辫瑟 /

noun

  1. a piece of soft material, esp towelling or a disposable material, wrapped around a baby in order to absorb its urine and excrement Also callednapkin US and Canadian namediaper
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

nappy

2

/ 藞苍忙辫瑟 /

adjective

  1. having a nap; downy; fuzzy
  2. of alcoholic drink, esp beer
    1. having a head; frothy
    2. strong or heady
  3. dialect.
    slightly intoxicated; tipsy
  4. (of a horse) jumpy or irritable; nervy
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. any strong alcoholic drink, esp heady beer
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞苍补辫辫颈苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 苍补辫顎僷颈路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of nappy1

First recorded in 1425鈥75; origin uncertain; probably from late Middle English noppi; nap 2, -y 1

Origin of nappy2

First recorded in 1730鈥35; Middle English nap, Old English hn忙pf, hn忙p 鈥渃up, bowl鈥 (further origin uncertain) + -y 2

Origin of nappy3

First recorded in 1490鈥1500; nap 2 + -y 1

Origin of nappy4

First recorded in 1925鈥30; nap(kin) + -y 2
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of nappy1

C20: changed from napkin
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The DfE is also clamping down on nurseries charging for extras, such as meals, snacks and nappies.

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Its founder Belle Edgar-McCabe had been at a family hub when she heard about a young mother who could not afford nappies.

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He said he was cuffed naked to a bed and given a nappy instead of access to a toilet.

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"I only have one grandchild; he was born during the war. He's three months old and we can't find milk or nappies for him."

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"Our biggest discussions at the beginning of this were, 'how much are people going to want to watch us take the kids to school and change nappies?' Our lives are not that exciting."

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