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Definition of Hippings

1. hipping [n] - See also: hipping

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hippings

hippest hippic hippie hippiedom hippiedoms hippieish hippieness hippienesses hippier hippies

hippiest hippin hippiness hippinesses hipping hippings (current term) hippins hippish hippo hippobosca

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Literary usage of Hippings

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1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1884)
"See hippings. Hipe (pronounced haup), vb. to strike, push, &c. A cow hipes another with her horns. Hipe, sb. a stroke, or a blow. ..."

2. A Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect by John Howard Nodal, George Milner (1875)
"The public have an undoubted right to travel over both these places; but, in the case of Pendle hippings, there is no passing at all for travellers except ..."

3. A Glossary of Words Used in South-west Lincolnshire: (Wapentake of Graffoe) by Robert Eden George Cole (1886)
"See hippings. Hipe (pronounced haup), vb. to strike, push, &c. A cow another with her horns. Hipe, si. a stroke, or a blow. ..."

4. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1900)
"There is a fisherman's path on either side of the Wharfe, which is here crossed by " hippings " or stepping-stones. The river, too, contracts ; and in its ..."

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