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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 ( hemp, -y 1 ); hence, fit for hanging by a hemp rope, and, by attenuation, mischievous

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