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narpoo

narpoo is the alternative form of napoo.

Meaning of napoo

Adjective

napoo (not comparable)

  1. (historical, slang) Finished, dead, no more, gone; non-existent.
    • What shall I do? / My poor old dug-out is napoo.1918 April, 'R', An elegy on my dugout, when it was done in, published in Four Whistles by D Company of the Scottish Officer Cadet Battalion, quoted in Graham Seal, The Soldiers' Press: Trench...
  2. (historical, slang) Dead.
    • ‘Hey, Bill, where′s Charles?’ / ‘Napoo.’ / ‘What?’ / ‘Yes. He was out on a listening post and lit a cigarette. Sniper got him.’1918, Hereward Carrington, Psychical Phenomena and the War, page 69

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Questions about narpoo

What is narpoo the alternative form of?
Narpoo is the alternative form of napoo.

Words near narpoo in the dictionary

  1. Narooz
  2. naroparcil
  3. Naros
  4. Narowal
  5. narp
  6. narpoo
  7. narps
  8. narr
  9. narra
  10. Narrabarba
  11. Narrabeen

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