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pipy

American  
[pahy-pee] / ˈpaɪ pi /

adjective

pipier, pipiest
  1. pipelike; tubular.

  2. piping; shrill.

    a pipy voice.


Etymology

Origin of pipy

First recorded in 1715–25; pipe 1 + -y 1

Example Sentences

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They did not dare to disobey, but went off slowly with sulky footsteps, muttering to one another that Miss Fosbrook always took pipy Betty's part; Nurse said so, and they wished Mamma was at home.

From The Stokesley Secret by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

"Christabel," said a little voice, when all the others were gone, "I shall never be pipy again."

From The Stokesley Secret by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

There was Ophelia, and there was Wilfred in Rokeby—only she was a woman, and he was pipy.

From The Pillars of the House, V1 by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Suddenly, a crowd of pipy fragrance involves the room: these �rial forms cease to be visible; and broken sounds, like the retiring tide beneath Dover cliff, die away356 into utter silence.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

Wye, wye, chir—'tis the little linnet sings; Weet, weet, weet—how his pipy treble trills!

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

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