leppy
leppy noun: a young animal, particularly a cow calf or bull calf, a lamb, or a colt, which has been abandoned or orphaned.
Noun
leppy (plural leppies)
- A young animal, particularly a cow calf or bull calf, a lamb, or a colt, which has been abandoned or orphaned.
- When those big bands take off, the mares never come back for those leppies. We were branding one time and saw a little bunch move out and a mom left a leppy behind.2006, Paula Morin, Honest Horses: Wild Horses in the Great Basin, page 105
- Out on the range, he would have been a stunted leppy.2003, American Cowboy, volume 10, number 4, page 90
Synonyms of leppy
Forms of leppy
| plural | leppies |
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Origin of leppy
From Spanish lepra (“leprosy”).
Questions about leppy
- What does leppy mean?
- Leppy means a young animal, particularly a cow calf or bull calf, a lamb, or a colt, which has been abandoned or orphaned.
- What part of speech is leppy?
- Leppy is a noun.
- What is the plural of leppy?
- The plural of leppy is leppies.
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