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tappit hen

tappit hen noun: a bottle of wine in the port wine trade containing 2.25 liters of fluid, three times the volume of a standard bottle.

Noun

tappit hen (plural tappit hens)

  1. (rare) A bottle of wine in the port wine trade containing 2.25 liters of fluid, three times the volume of a standard bottle.
  2. (Scotland) A hen with a tuft of feathers on her head.
    • Blyth , blyth , blyth was she,
      Blyth was she but and ben;
      And well the loo'd a Hawick gill,
      And leugh to see a tappit hena. 1740, unknown author, Andro and his Cutty Gun

Synonyms of tappit hen

Forms of tappit hen

pluraltappit hens

Origin of tappit hen

Borrowed and modified from Scots tappit-hen.

Questions about tappit hen

What does tappit hen mean?
Tappit hen means a bottle of wine in the port wine trade containing 2.25 liters of fluid, three times the volume of a standard bottle.
What part of speech is tappit hen?
Tappit hen is a noun.
What is the plural of tappit hen?
The plural of tappit hen is tappit hens.

Words near tappit hen in the dictionary

  1. tappings
  2. tappish
  3. tappished
  4. tappishes
  5. tappishing
  6. tappit hen
  7. tappit hens
  8. tappoon
  9. tappoons
  10. Tapps
  11. tappy

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