pappy
Example Sentences
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It wasn’t like I was on the road all the time with my pappy.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2022
And he told my pappy, just as straight as my pappy had told him, ‘Freedom is a yoke, boy. You’ll soon see.’
From The New Yorker • Jun. 3, 2019
That’s because he’s not the real player on that team; his pappy is.
From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2018
Spindly, with a pappy interior, a tendency towards floppiness and not a trace of skin.
From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2012
It’s your old Scrappy pappy here saying hello and how are you?
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.