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pippin definition

pip·pin (pip′in)

noun

  1. any of a number of varieties of apple, esp. those valued as dessert
  2. Brit., Dialectal a small pip, or seed
  3. Slang a person or thing much admired

Etymology: ME pipyn < OFr pepin, seed, pip

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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