wap
[wop, wap]
- whop.
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Examples from the Web for wapping
Contemporary Examples
An aide to Princes William and Harry, Jamie Lowther Pinkerton, was hacked 416 times from the Wapping office.
Then she helped press magnate Rupert Murdoch crush organized-labor opposition in his Wapping facilities.
We are told that £130,000 was paid in one year to Mr. Mulcaire – which of you (the Wapping Three) asked about this payment?
Wapping Project E1W 3SG Phone: 02076802080 www.thewappingproject.com Newcomer Pizza East has quickly become a favorite.
Historical Examples
To this day he can not put a name to it; he surmises that it was Wapping.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
About as soon as I should take lodgings in Wapping for country air!
The Daltons, Volume II (of II)Charles James Lever
True, it was case of a duke; but she had not known such dealings in Wapping.
Little Novels of ItalyMaurice Henry Hewlett
But once a gibbet stood on Wapping Wharf, and pirates were hanged upon it.
Wappin' WharfCharles S. Brooks
Three cowards will hang on Wapping wharf before the month is up.
Wappin' WharfCharles S. Brooks
WAP
- Wireless Application Protocol: a global application that enables mobile phone users to access the internet and other information services
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Word Origin and History for wapping
wap
n.
"a hit, a blow," late 14c., probably of imitative origin. The verb (late 14c.) originally meant "to throw quickly or with violence," and in slang c.1560-1730 it meant "to copulate" (usually used in reference to women).
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