lappien.
/ˈlapi/, U.S. /ˈlæpi/, South African English /ˈlæpi/, /ˈlʌpi/ South African.
A dishcloth, a small rag.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > [noun] > equipment for washing or drying table utensils
water-clothOE
neck towel1493
dish-clout1530
mop1683
bottlebrush1685
rinse1738
tea-cloth1770
dishcloth1828
dish-rag1839
tea-towel1863
dish-towel1869
dish-pan1872
lappie1892
dish-mop1897
washing-up cloth1973
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > [noun] > piece of > rag > a rag
clout?c1225
rata1250
ragc1390
shrag?a1400
tatter-wagc1400
tatter1402
jag1555
libbet1627
tatter-wallop1808
tat1839
tag1840
trollopa1843
fent1844
raggle1888
lappie1892
1892 J. Widdicombe Fourteen Years in Basutoland vi. 106 I kept them rolled up in a lappie (old piece of rag).
1900 B. M. Hicks Cape as I found It x. 179 The dish~cloth is a great institution in the Boer household. A dirty bit of ‘lapje’ (rag) it is.
1926 E. Lewis Mantis iv. xiv. 208 Pouring out a saucerful of water and using his handkerchief for a ‘lappie’ as he called it, he cleaned the cup.
1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn 325 It was a beautiful little dress..and Kaspar never gave back the lappie in which it was wrapped.
1970 Cape Times 16 Sept. 7/6 There had been ‘dramatic evidence about the finding of the lappie and the hair stuck in the middle’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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