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yapp

[ yap ]

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Word History and Origins

Origin of yapp1

1880–85; named after William Yapp, 19th-century English bookseller

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Example Sentences

In several recent studies, a trio of researchers—Dana Carney, Amy Cuddy, and Andy Yapp—have put power under the microscope.

Yapp, yap, n. a kind of limp leather binding in which the cover overlaps the edge of the book.

And Yapp among them, held up by two men, with his face all over blood.

Yapp, he said, she'd got the heart of a lion, and would grow up the finest woman-rider in the world.

She missed her chance, not having among her leaders any man of the energy and foresight of Sir A. Yapp.

The inexperienced author should study the methods pursued by Prof. Yapp in Figure 37.

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