Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wapping dell

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: wap-ping dell
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

British usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"And wapping Dell, that niggles well, / And takes loure for her hire."
"Buss her, wap in rogue’s rum lingo, for, O, my dimber wapping dell."

Etymology

From wap (“to engage in sexual intercourse”) + dell (“young woman”).

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

wapping dells (plural)

Synonyms

wapping moll wapping mort

Questions

What does wapping dell mean?: A prostitute.
Where does wapping dell come from?: From wap (“to engage in sexual intercourse”) + dell (“young woman”).

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