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yeepsen

yeepsen noun: anything that can be held in two hands; a double handful.

Noun

yeepsen

  1. (Essex, obsolete) Anything that can be held in two hands; a double handful.

Origin of yeepsen

From Middle English yespon, ȝespon, ȝespen, ȝispon (“a measure of volume equivalent to that contained in a person’s hands cupped together”). See yepsen for more.

Questions about yeepsen

What does yeepsen mean?
Yeepsen means anything that can be held in two hands; a double handful.
What part of speech is yeepsen?
Yeepsen is a noun.

Words near yeepsen in the dictionary

  1. yeelins
  2. yeen
  3. yeens
  4. yeep
  5. yeeps
  6. yeepsen
  7. yeer
  8. yeere
  9. yeeres
  10. yeers
  11. yees

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