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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
lapper .
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Examples
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Perhaps when you become acquainted with the General and the Cornal you will wonder that they are never at any time jocular, and maybe you will think that they are soured at life and that all their kindness is turned to lappered cream.
Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro
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The water lappered pleasantly beneath the boat as Simeon deftly drew it over the sea.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887
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The streets presented a woeful spectacle: men were lying with their bones broken -- others, though not so seriously injured, lappered in their blood -- some were crawling up, but were instantly knocked down by their enemies -- some were leaning against the walls, or groping their way silently along them, endeavoring to escape observation, lest they might be smashed down and altogether murdered.
The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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The floor was all covered with lappered blood, and sheep and calf skins.
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824
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The floor was all covered with lappered blood, and sheep and calf skins.
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
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"Nothing was there to see, lappered blood, nor mark of body on grass!
Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro
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