A piece of absorbent material wrapped round a baby's bottom to absorb urine and faeces; a nappy.
they were both out of their hippens by then
Example sentencesExamples
- Your pa had loved your ma ever since the days when she wore hippens and their two families lived on joinin' farms.
- He never put a hippen on a youngen in his life.
- He was scarcely out of the hippens when dear friends and colleagues led many of my generation to march and demonstrate peacefully.
- In the houses, there was a smell in the air of hippens and porridge.
- She put a hippen on him right there, right in front of everybody.