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kippages

kippages is the plural of kippage.

Meaning of kippage

Noun

kippage (usually uncountable, plural kippages)

  1. (Scotland, archaic, historical, usually) Those sailing together on a ship, both crew and passengers.
    • To find a kippage for a convict ship was no easy matter, for many a seaman would heave sharp about at the prospect of signing on to a vessel with a cargo of cutthroats.2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 76
  2. (Scotland, obsolete, usually) Confusion, disorder.
  3. (Scotland, obsolete, usually) A fit of temper; rage.

Questions about kippages

What is kippages the plural of?
Kippages is the plural of kippage.

Words near kippages in the dictionary

  1. Kipp generator
  2. Kipp generators
  3. Kipp's apparatus
  4. kippa
  5. kippage
  6. kippages
  7. kippah
  8. kippahed
  9. kippahs
  10. Kippara
  11. kippas

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