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▪ I. † ˈpimper, v.1 Obs. or dial.
In 6 pym-.
[Attenuated from pamper.]
trans. To pamper, coddle.
1537Latimer Let. Cromwell 8 Nov. in Lett. Suppress. Monast. (Camden) 148 Butt I have a good nursshe..wych..hath fachyd me hoom to here owne howsse, and doth pymper me upe with all dylygence. [Cf. Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. Pimper 2. To bring up children over-delicately; to over-indulge them in the matter of food, nw. Derby.]
▪ II. † ˈpimper, v.2 Obs. rare.
[Cf. early mod.Du. pimp-ooghen to blink, look through half-shut eyes (Kilian).]
intr. (?) To blink.
1600J. Lane Tom Tel-troth 620 But when the drinke doth worke within her head, She rowles and reekes, and pimpers with the eyes. |