chapess
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
chapess (plural chapesses)
- (British, informal) A female chap; a woman.
- 1990, Samuel Gorley Putt, Wings of a Man's Life
- My friends are the undergraduates, chaps and chapesses, and as long as I can pour good wine down their gullets and listen into the small hours […]
- 2005, James Hawes, Speak for England:
- […] so naturally, we simply couldn't afford to have chaps and chapesses tying the knot and then not having babies after all that fuss.
- 2006, Mark Simpson, Saint Morrissey:
- Those revered as saints are usually very peculiar chaps and chapesses who succeeded in refusing life just short of actually killing themselves […]
- 1990, Samuel Gorley Putt, Wings of a Man's Life
Usage notes
- Generally only used in the phrase chaps and chapesses.