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Nappy   Listen
adjective
Nappy  adj.  
1.
Inclined to sleep; sleepy; as, to feel nappy.
2.
Tending to cause sleepiness; serving to make sleepy; strong; heady; as, nappy ale. (Obs.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Nappy" Quotes from Famous Books



... bring something that's pretty, to compose a Breakfast for two or three hungry Fellows out of Business, as he shall have in his Company, they must, I say, moreover learn the Art of Brewing, and keep constantly a Cup of good nappy Ale in their Houses, to entertain the Cook, and all the other Gentry of the Kitchen, when they shall please to make a Visit. A Tradesman must lend his Money, pass his Word, stand Bail for Arrests, ...
— The Tricks of the Town: or, Ways and Means of getting Money • John Thomson

... friend, speaks truthfully," remarked Nappy Boney, the only Frenchman in camp, and possessing a nickname playfully contracted from the name of the first emperor. "La gloire is nothing to them. Comprehends any one that they know not even of France's most illustrious son, ...
— Romance of California Life • John Habberton

... judge of nappy ale, And tell at large a winter tale; Climb up to the apple loft, And turn the crabs till they be soft. Tib is all the father's joy, And little Tom the mother's boy. All their pleasure is content; And care, to ...
— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 2 (of 4) • Various

... moved on again, and she did not hear Neil's answer. Nevertheless, she was comforted to know she had one friend among these desperate outlaws, and that comfort gave her at least an hour or two of broken, nappy sleep. ...
— Bucky O'Connor • William MacLeod Raine

... enough fer de res', en we got hit. Ef'n de briars wouldn't come out'n it soon ez she laid her han' on 'em, Ole Miss she turnt up her nose en thowed de wool on ter de niggers' pile. Hit had ter be pisonous white en sof fo' hit 'ud tech Ole Missusses skin. Noner yo' nappy ...
— The Voice of the People • Ellen Glasgow



Words linked to "Nappy" :   garment, diaper, frizzly, curly



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