tappit-hen

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Scots[edit]

Noun[edit]

tappit-hen (plural tappit-hens)

  1. A crested hen, or a hen with a top tuft of feathers.
  2. A tappit hen; a large bottle or jar of wine or spirits, generally one three times the size of a normal bottle.

References[edit]

Charles Mackay, A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch (Edinburgh, 1888), p. 228.