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hempy

American  
[hem-pee] / ˈhɛm pi /

adjective

Scot.

  1. mischievous; often in trouble for mischief.

Etymology

Origin of hempy

1400–50; late Middle English hempi made of hemp ( see hemp, -y 1); hence, fit for hanging by a hemp rope, and, by attenuation, mischievous

Example Sentences

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Her two braids, now consolidated into one hempy rope, lay against her back, finishing without completement of hair ribbon into a cylinder of brushed-around-the-finger curl.

From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie

I will first inform ye what I know respecting the history of Alexander Rutherford, whom all o' ye used to ca' Solitary Sandy, because he wasna a hempy like yoursels.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 by Wilson, John Mackay

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