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pettichaps

pettichaps is the archaic form of pettychaps.

Meaning of pettychaps

Noun

pettychaps (plural pettychaps)

  1. Any of several species of small European passerine songbirds, including the willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus), the chiffchaffs (Phylloscopus spp.), and the western Orphean warbler (Sylvia hortensis).

Forms of pettichaps

pluralpettichaps

Questions about pettichaps

What is pettichaps the archaic form of?
Pettichaps is the archaic form of pettychaps.

Words near pettichaps in the dictionary

  1. petti
  2. pettiauger
  3. pettiaugers
  4. Pettibone
  5. Pettibones
  6. pettichaps
  7. petticoat
  8. petticoat breeches
  9. Petticoat Creek
  10. petticoat discipline
  11. petticoat government

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