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Pappy  adj.  Like pap; soft; succulent; tender.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Pappy" Quotes from Famous Books



... said the man, with a cunning smile. "As you sez. Cut the cackle and come to business. Business means a deal, and a deal means 'cash pappy.' Wot's ...
— The Story of the Foss River Ranch • Ridgwell Cullum

... "O pappy! pappy! I wanted you. Oh, my poor mamma! O pap, I don't like her," she whispered, indicating the nurse with her eyes. "O pap, I hate to think of mother lying there in the snow—an' Bert—where is Bert, pap? Perhaps he's in the ...
— A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen • Hamlin Garland

... "AH, pappy," said Miss Gertrude White to her father and she pretended to sigh as she spoke—"this is a ...
— Macleod of Dare • William Black

... blat-heels, and I know more'n that: that yer own pappy ain't no angel, and ye needn't be a sayin' my friends ain't no right here—ye see? ...
— From the Valley of the Missing • Grace Miller White

... this point all the little people got intensely excited over Bobby's gran'pappy's fight, and so, of course, fell asleep and fell forward into a pile on top of Bobby, who had an awful time getting out from under the heap. Just as he emerged, the people began to wake up and to lay hold of his feet, ...
— Queer Stories for Boys and Girls • Edward Eggleston

... comment as I got through the remarkable epistle. Then, after a pause to collect her thoughts, she seized me by the shoulder, saying: "Run to yo' pappy, honey, quick, an' ax him ef he's gwine ter stick ter his bargain 'bout de teef. Yer know he pintedly said dey wuz a ...
— The Wit of Women - Fourth Edition • Kate Sanborn

... you got to say about pappy?" pursued the believer. "He say dey's a Santy Claus, and dat he comes down ...
— The heart of happy hollow - A collection of stories • Paul Laurence Dunbar

... hoping that Pappy Ward or Friend Chase will answer that question completely. The thing I have in mind, is that in a group like we have here today, as many nuts as we have got here, if we think about this question and talk to the folks back home, I believe in a year ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting - Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 • Various

... with him 'ceptin' his eye is blowed out. My uncle, back home, got both his eyes—You, Chick!" this to an invisible presence that manifested itself only through a shower of pebbles that followed in the wake of a fleeing cat. "Go up to the saloon, Chick, and tell yer Pappy he'll have to come on ...
— A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill • Alice Hegan Rice

... fresh produce was obtained to supply the needs of his lodgers. Mary's family were his only slaves. The family consisted of her mother, father, brother and a sister. The children called the old master "Fa" and their father "Pappy." The master never resented this appellation, and took it in good humor. Many travelers stopped at his boarding house; Mary's mother did the cooking, her father "tended" the farm, and Mary, her brother and sister, did chores about the ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - From Interviews with Former Slaves - Florida Narratives • Works Projects Administration



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