shaupshawpn.
/ʃɔːp/, U.S. /ʃɔp/, /ʃɑp/, Scottish English /ʃɔp/ Scottish.
1. A pea-pod; a case, wrapper.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > pea > pea-pod, pea-shell, or pea seed
peascodc1390
pease-hulla1425
pippina1450
squash1600
pea-hull1717
pea-cod1721
pea shell1744
pea pod1772
shaup1822
1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie I. xxv. 228 But naebody can tell what's in the shawp till it's shelt.
1850 J. Struthers Poet. Wks. I. Autobiog. 101 Whether it was sold to be read..[or] cut..into squares to be shaups for sweeties, he knoweth not.
2. figurative. An empty person.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > insubstantial
hud1549
puff paste1602
shallowling1616
groll1637
shaup1728
shallowist1799
1728 A. Ramsay On seeing Archers divert Themselves 78 Proud shaups, dull coofs, and gabbling gowks.
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