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neep

American

[neep] / nip /

noun

Scot.

a turnip.

neep British

/ niːp /

noun

a dialect name for a turnip

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Etymology

Origin of neep

before 900; Middle English nepe, Old English nēp, nǣp < Latin nāpus turnip

Example Sentences

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We ken no more, Maister Sutherlan', what we're growin' till, than that neep-seed there kens what a neep is, though a neep it will be.

From David Elginbrod by MacDonald, George

I ken mysel there's ae spot ower the hert o' 't, whilk cam o' an ill word I gied a bairn for stealin' a neep.

From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George

It was sugarelly watter, an' the can'le had been cut oot o' a neep an' laid juist whaur it was handy.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.

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