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nap⋅py

2[nap-ee]
–noun, plural -pies.
a small shallow dish, usually round and often of glass, with a flat bottom and sloping sides, for serving food.
Also, nappie.


Origin:
1870–75, Americanism; nap (ME; OE hnæp bowl) + -y 2
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Word Origin & History

nappy  (adj.)
"downy," 1499, from nap (n.). Meaning "fuzzy, kinky," used in colloquial or derogatory ref. to the hair of black people, is from 1950.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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