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单词 wappie
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wappien.

Brit. /ˈwapi/, /ˈwɒpi/, U.S. /ˈwɑpi/, /ˈwæpi/, Caribbean English /ˈwapi/
Forms: 1900s– wapee, 1900s– wapi, 1900s– wapie, 1900s– wappee, 1900s– wappi, 1900s– wappie, 1900s– wappy, 1900s– whapee, 1900s– whappee, 1900s– whappie, 1900s– whappy.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: wap n.1, -y suffix6.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < wap n.1 + -y suffix6, although if so the semantic motivation is unclear.
Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad and Jamaican).
A gambling card game in which the dealer gives each player a card and then turns over cards until one matching a card held by a player is revealed, that player being the winner.
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1902 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 16 Oct. 12/4 They were playing a game called ‘Wappy’ for 3d and 1½d a chance.
1959 V. S. Naipaul Miguel St. i. 12 They played wappee and drank rum.
1968 K. S. La Fortune Legend of T-Marie xii. 51 Cab-men sat on benches or on boxes talking politics or playing wappie.
2019 @triniboyshaq 18 July in twitter.com (accessed 7 Sept. 2020) Playing Wappie every morning and buying a bake and chicken with ah cream soda.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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