ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Lippie

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Lippie is a noun meaning Alternative spelling of lippy (“lipstick; lip”).

Meaning

Alternative spelling of lippy (“lipstick; lip”).

More Meanings

  1. Alternative spelling of lippy (“dry measure”).

Example Sentences

It was sowens she had in her hand for our supper, when a little old woman walked in and begged a lippie of meal of her.
Now there are perhaps 24 hogsheads sown yearly, every tenant and crofter having from one to four lippies. The increase is about one stone from the lippie.
A miniſter's ſtipend is paid by the heritors as follows: James Speers pays 3 bolls 3 firlots 1 peck 3 lippies oats, 2 bolls barley, and L. 3 : 15 : 4; [...]
I'm worried I'm turning into a 1950s housewife: the other day I found myself tidying up the sitting room and putting on some lippie before Tony got home from work!

Word Forms

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Related dictionary entries include lipgloss, lollypop, lolli-pop, lolly-pop, lipsalve, bubble-gum.

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