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moppy|ˈmɒpɪ| [f. mop n.2 + -y.] 1. Of hair, foliage, etc.: Resembling a mop; having the characteristics of a mop; thick.
1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Orange tree, Let him pare off two Thirds of the Earth, and prune the Fibres and moppy Roots. 1880A. H. Keane in Nature 30 Dec. 202/2 The moppy head being thoroughly Papûan. 1884G. Moore Mummer's Wife (1892) 49 His moppy black hair. 2. slang. Intoxicated. (Cf. mop n.2 1 b.)
1823Grose's Dict. Vulg. T. (ed. Egan), Moppy, drunk. Cant. |