big-peeps
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Yola[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English bagpipe, equivalent to *bag + peeps.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
big-peeps
- bagpipes
- 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 20:
- An a cat at a big-peeps an a taal o hays coat.
- And the cat
ate(at) his bag-pipes and the tail of his coat.
- And the cat
References[edit]
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133