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Cappie

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈkæpi/
  • rhymes with -æpi

1

noun

Meaning 1

capitalist

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, neologism

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2

noun

Meaning 2

a small, usually wooden drinking vessel

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland

Examples

  • 18??, James Napier, Folk Lore: Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland Within This Century After a time, he was surprised to see the hopper beginning to go, and, looking up, he saw a little manakin holding a little cappie in his hand and filling it at the hopper.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of Cappie.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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History

Etymology

From cap + -ie.