Capp

American  

[kap] / kæp /

noun

1. Al Alfred Gerald Caplin, 1909–79, U.S. comic-strip artist: creator of “Li'l Abner.”

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Capp British  

/ kæp /

noun

1. Al, full name Alfred Caplin. 1909–79, US cartoonist, famous for his comic strip Li'l Abner

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Example Sentences

Like a Dickensian Andy Capp, Johnson is an uber-charming rogue, an everyman bluesy belter whose winking humor with a hint of the scoundrel are not entirely unlike Scott’s demeanor, though each man’s vocals, inflection and stage presence are/were clearly their own.

From Los Angeles Times

Youn and colleagues have already implemented it in one of CAPP’s four “production” rigs and are running with it now.

From Science Magazine

While some may have been brought from other states or even countries, most are from our California cities and towns, and can be found for sale on Sepulveda Boulevard in Los Angeles, Capp Street in San Francisco, Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento and on hundreds of other real-world and internet back alleys.

From Los Angeles Times

“At times whole squadrons of corsairs were cruising off the coast of the United Kingdom,” says Bernard Capp, emeritus professor of history at The University of Warwick and author of British Slaves and Barbary Corsairs.

From National Geographic

John Capp, the director of vehicle safety technology, strategy and regulation at General Motors, stressed that there is not enough data about pedestrian traffic deaths to understand the causes.

From Seattle Times