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Definition of Preppies
1. preppie [n] - See also: preppie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preppies
Literary usage of Preppies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Voices of Perfectionism: Perfectionistic Gifted Adolescents in a Rural by Patricia A. Schuler (2000)
"Most of the "preppies" mentioned Annie as their most perfectionistic peer; ...
Like Mary, she viewed the "preppies" as important in her life, because they ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Howard 1984 says that preppies favor the word. Our files are perhaps not finely
attuned enough to the usage of preppies to confirm this transatlantic ..."
3. Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen (2006)
"... makers of those leather "Weejuns" so loved by preppies. In 1998 the Bass
Company abandoned Wilton for the lower- wage Dominican Republic, but their old ..."
4. The Physical Papers of Henry Augustus Rowland, Johns Hopkins University by Henry Augustus Rowland (1902)
"Let us now study these preppies more in detail. I have before me a wire in which
I can produce a O'werful current of electricity, and we have seen that the ..."
5. Montreal by Ulysses Travel Guides Staff (2004)
"... or maybe it's the clientele, as prim as the surroundings: "preppies" in their
early 30s that seem right out of a beer commercial. Terrace in summer. ..."
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