Leppy

Quick meaning: Leppy is a noun meaning (slang, US) A young animal, particularly a cow calf or bull calf, a lamb, or a colt, which has been abandoned or orphaned.

Meaning

(slang, US) A young animal, particularly a cow calf or bull calf, a lamb, or a colt, which has been abandoned or orphaned.

Example Sentences

Out on the range, he would have been a stunted leppy.

I have heard a famous rodeo announcer crack the same old joke every year, "A leppy is a little calf whose ma has died, and whose pa has run away with another cow."

When those big bands take off, the mares never come back for those leppies. We were branding one time and saw a little bunch move out and a mom left a leppy behind.

Word Forms

• leppies

Synonyms for leppy

Depending on context, synonyms include bummer, dogie, dogy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dogie, dogy, calf, poddy, fatling, lepper.

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