Nappie

Full definition of nappie

Noun

1. Alternative form of nappy
1. A diaper.
• 1954, Ernest Cady, We Adopted Three, page 65,Depositing Susie in the bathinette, I removed the soiled nappie.
2. A shallow bowl.
• 1941, Beth Bailey McLean, The Table Graces, page 19,For family service, the 4-inch nappie is more practical than the sherbet glass.
• 2003, Bob Page, Dale Frederiksen, Dean Six, Homer Laughlin: Decades of Dinnerware, page 219,The solid colored pieces sold with this line were the nappie, fruit bowl, creamer, sugar bowl with lid, and cup.
• 2009, Joan E. Kaiser, The Glass Industry in South Boston, page 114,Numerous Eastern and Midwestern glasshouses produced the nappie in several sizes.
3. A type of strong ale.
• a. 1846 Robert Burns, Comforts of the Poor, 1846, Henry Corbould, The Book of the Poets, page 448,An' whyles twalpennie-worth o′ nappie
  Can mak the bodies unco happy ;