nappy

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Diapers Does anyone know of a disposable swim nappy which isn't in the style of a pull up?

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  1. adjective Having a nap; fuzzy: a nappy carpet
  2. adjective Often Offensive Tightly curled or coiled. Used of hair.
  3. noun A round, shallow cooking or serving dish with a flat bottom and sloping sides.

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  • Diapers Does anyone know of a disposable swim nappy which isn't in the style of a pull up? —  Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories
  • The silica part of the nappy is going through the birds digestive system and is being excreted along with other matter. —  BBC (UK) Homepage main promotional content
  • I have my moments when I think Beyonce has a run for her money and others when I think I look like a nappy-headed pile of dookie. —  Blogtimore, Hon
  • I'd add Sarah Silverman and Poehler's Back when the Rev. Al Sharpton (pictured) agitated for Don Imus to be punished for a long history of racist, misogynist language (of which "nappy-headed hos" was only the most recent), —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Appalling as Don Imus '"nappy-headed ho's" comment was, I'm less disappointed in his behavior than in that of his enablers: his sponsors, his high-profile guests (many of them top politicians and journalists), and the broadcasters who carry his show. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
 

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Etymologies (6)

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  1. Probably from dialectal nap, bowl, from Middle English, from Old English hnæp.
  2. Alteration of napkin.

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  1. Prob. from nap+ -y.
  2. from nap+ -y.
  3. from nap for knap, break, + -y.
  4. Dim. of nap.
 

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