name
Meaning 1
A surname transferred from the nickname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
yapp
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Pronunciation
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/jæp/
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CMU ARPABET: Y AE1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
In bookbinding, the edge of the binding that extends beyond the edges of the pages, and may protect the gilding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
Nickname for a clever or cunning person, from Middle English yap (“deceitful, shrewd”), from Old English gēap (“crooked, bent; devious, cunning”).
Said to be from Yapp, the surname of the 19th-century bookbinder who invented them.