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Definition of Preppy
1. Adjective. relating to things (such as clothing) that are typical of students at prep schools ¹
2. Noun. A student of a prep school. (defdate from mid 20th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preppy
1. associated with the style and behavior of preparatory school students [adj -PIER, -PIEST] : PREPPILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preppy
Literary usage of Preppy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Few Kind Words about Hate: The Dark Side of Family Life and the Bible by Una Stannard (2007)
"preppy had remembered nothing. The scars on his back were the most severe, ...
Forced to remember, preppy took Valium that night, washed down with glasses ..."
2. History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1883)
"At the time when Yeardley sailed, Sir Thomas Smith still preppy in sided over
its fortunes, with the title of Treasurer. n*^*c^' It had become the fashion ..."
3. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World by Julian Dibbell (1998)
"... dark-haired, repressed; the preppy with a past. And while it's possible he
wrote her up with other aims in mind than escalating the exchange of gentle ..."
4. Cases Decided on the British North America Act, 1867, in the Privy Council by John Robison Cartwright, Canada Supreme Court, Canada Courts (1882)
"At any rate, ;f the Province, preppy A SCOTIA. violu to confederation, had assigned
such duty it would he so. ..."
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