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Definition of Napes
1. nape [n] - See also: nape
Lexicographical Neighbors of Napes
Literary usage of Napes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rock-climbing in the English Lake District by Owen Glynne Jones (1897)
"It is possible to travel along the whole length of the ridge from Hell's Gate (called
Deep Gill on the Ordnance map) to the White napes scree at Little Hell ..."
2. The Spectator by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1830)
"... but that you will still continue your accustomed favours to your most devoted
humble servant, napes, who would needs try T»is new gun upon me. ..."
3. Political, Religious, and Love Poems: From the Archbishop of Canterbury's by Frederick James Furnivall, William Michael Rossetti, Lambeth Palace Library, British Museum (1866)
"... Jack napes (the Duko of Suffolk) would go to sea. He was caught and beheaded.
Sing his dirge ! Pray for him all bishops and clergy. ..."
4. Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards by William Andrew Chatto (1848)
"Mr. Turner's remark, that " the ballad shows that napes was a term of derision,
signifying a Knave, and must therefore be the Saxon ..."
5. Words, Facts, and Phrases: A Dictionary of Curious, Quaint, & Out-of-the-way by Eliezer Edwards (1882)
"If this be so, it will explain why our third- figured card is called ' Jack' and
also ' knave," and proves that Jack-a-napes meant Jack the knave. ..."
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