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  • noun Plural form of pappy.

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Examples

  • He will line up his plunge with a series of lights that are 1,500 feet back from the threshold of the runway called pappies (ph).

    CNN Transcript Dec 22, 2006 2006

  • Sitting on pappies lap, or getting good advice from a friend.

    Taking Time 2009

  • Those pappies must be Richie Riches, because I don't know who is throwing bills around like that in this economy.

    Dlisted - Be Very Afraid 2009

  • Homegirl went crazy on a mob of pappies after one of them bumped into her car.

    Dlisted - Be Very Afraid 2009

  • When the Crackie of Camden came out of the club at around 3: 30 in the morning, she once again tried to attack a few pappies.

    Dlisted - Be Very Afraid 2008

  • Counts of faecal indicator bacteria have been reported to be significantly lower in sullage than in septic tank effluent (Bradley, 1983), but the washing of babies 'clothes and pappies (diapers) is likely to increase the count substantially.

    Chapter 11 1992

  • We have two types of recruit: boys who have never fired a rifle, and others who boast that their pappies used to send them out to shoot breakfast and never allowed them but one shot.

    Time Enough For Love Heinlein, Robert A. 1973

  • Dere wus nigh bout no whippin er tall, least Old Marster neber did whip his slaves ter do no good, en he mos ginerally tole us mammies er pappies ter do de whippin er de chillun en de older boys en gals.

    Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

  • You know these girls -- when they find out that their pappies have made a little bit of money, there is no peace till it's spent.

    Cruel As The Grave Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859

  • White bigots ignore the fact that their great-grand pappies were covered with hair and hung from tree branches ... pretty soon they left the trees for "condos-for-caves" ...

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

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