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wapping dells

wapping dells is the plural of wapping dell.

Meaning of wapping dell

Noun

wapping dell (plural wapping dells)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A prostitute.
    • And wapping Dell, that niggles well, / And takes loure for her hire.1665, Richard Head, The English Rogue, page 45

Questions about wapping dells

What is wapping dells the plural of?
Wapping dells is the plural of wapping dell.

Words near wapping dells in the dictionary

  1. wappers
  2. wapping
  3. wapping cove
  4. wapping coves
  5. wapping dell
  6. wapping dells
  7. wapping ken
  8. wapping kens
  9. wapping moll
  10. wapping molls
  11. wapping mort

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