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lappie S. Afr.|ˈlæpɪ|
Also formerly lapje.
[Afrikaans lappie (formerly lapje).]
A dishcloth, a small rag.
1892J. Widdicombe Fourteen Yrs. in Basutoland vi. 106, I kept them rolled up in a lappie (old piece of rag). 1900B. M. Hicks Cape as I found It x. 179 The dish⁓cloth is a great institution in the Boer household. A dirty bit of ‘lapje’ (rag) it is. 1926E. Lewis Mantis iv. xiv. 208 Pouring out a saucerful of water and using his handkerchief for a ‘lappie’ as he called it, he cleaned the cup. 1939S. Cloete Watch for Dawn 325 It was a beautiful little dress..and Kaspar never gave back the lappie in which it was wrapped. 1970Cape Times 16 Sept. 7/6 There had been ‘dramatic evidence about the finding of the lappie and the hair stuck in the middle’. |