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tappit hens

tappit hens is the plural of tappit hen.

Meaning of tappit hen

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

Questions about tappit hens

What is tappit hens the plural of?
Tappit hens is the plural of tappit hen.

Words near tappit hens in the dictionary

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

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