cappie

noun — 2 senses

Cappie

nounalso spelled Cappie
1

Colloquial, Neologism capitalist

cappie

noun

/ˈkæpi/

Etymology From cap + -ie.

1

Scotland a small, usually wooden drinking vessel

  • 18??, James Napier, Folk Lore: Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland Within This Century After a time, he was surprised to see the hopper beginning to go, and, looking up, he saw a little manakin holding a little cappie in his hand and filling it at the hopper.

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