bapn.1
/bap/, U.S. /bæp/, Scottish English /bap/ Scottish.
A small loaf or ‘roll’ of bakers' bread, made of various sizes and shapes in different parts of Scotland.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > small loaf
nacket1596
bapc1600
cob-loaf1609
cob1869
loaflet1876
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > roll
roll1581
bapc1600
wreath1600
breadcake1635
French roll1652
cookie1701
sugar-roll1727
petit pain1766
souter's clod1773
twist1830
simit1836
bread roll1838
pistolet1853
flute1855
twist-loaf1856
Parker House roll1873
crescent roll1886
bagel1898
Kaiser roll1898
buttery1899
croissant1899
split1905
pan de sal1910
bridge roll1926
Kaiser1927
Kaiser bun1933
Bialystok roll1951
pletzel1952
panini1955
bialy1958
Bialystok1960
c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 301 Bappis of nyne for xijd.
1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. I. 91 Sowens and farles and Baps.
c1800 Mrs. Lyon in Ramsay Remin. (1870) Introd. 13 Are ye for your burial baps round or square?
Draft additions August 2007
slang (chiefly British and Australian). In plural. A woman's breasts.
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1990 Re: Bollocks (& More) in soc.culture.british (Usenet newsgroup) 30 Nov. And [slang words] for breasts... Tits. Boobs. Bristols. Baps.
1992 Picture 5 Feb. 9 Pommy sheilas' baps are getting bigger and bigger and..soon the average girlie will sport enormous 38D-sized noras.
2006 Sun (Nexis) 25 Apr. He ran his fingers over her nipples—and told her she had ‘lovely baps’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
bapn.2
/bɑːp/, /bap/, U.S. /bɑp/, /bæp/, Caribbean English /baːp/, /bap/ South Asian and Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad and Guyana).
A father. Frequently with possessive adjective. Also as a respectful form of address to one's father or (in Caribbean use) any older man, esp. one of South Asian descent. Cf. mai n.2
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun]
fatherOE
sirec1250
authora1398
flesh-fathera1400
genitor1447
daddy1523
dad1533
bab1598
patera1600
dada1672
relieving officer1677
papa1681
pappy1722
baba1771
pa1773
governor1783
paw1826
fatherkin1839
pop1840
bap1842
pap1844
da1851
baba1862
puppa1885
pops1893
poppa1897
pot and pan1900
papasana1904
daddy-o1913
bapu1930
baby-father1932
abba1955
birth father1977
1842 M. M. Sherwood Last Days of Boosy 149 Your bap has good things hidden somewhere.
1953 S. Selvon Cane is Bitter in Carib. Anthol. Short Stories 58 He got up and called to his two sons, ‘All you finish washing the males?’ ‘Yes, bap,’ Hari the elder shouted.
1991 R. Mistry Such Long Journey (1992) 167 Not enough money for food or school uniforms, and baap goes and buys aeroplanes and fish tanks and bird cages!
2000 G. Whelan Homeless Bird i. 1 My baap, like all fathers with a daughter to marry off, had to find a dowry for me.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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