Definitions

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  • noun Western U. S. A motherless calf in a range herd of cattle.

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  • noun slang (US) A young animal, particularly a cow or bull, a lamb, or a colt, which has been abandoned or orphaned.

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  • noun motherless calf in a range herd of cattle

Etymologies

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From Spanish lepra (leprosy).

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  • Foran's avoids this by not dressing up in any fashion, replacing the inflatable leppy with murky class.

    joegood Diary Entry joegood 2001

  • If a calf loses its mother while very young it is called a "leppy."

    Arizona Sketches 1887

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