popsy
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Etymology 1
From pop + -sy (hypocoristic suffix), compare pops.
Noun
popsy (plural popsies)
- (informal) Grandfather.
- (informal) Father.
- 2013, Eric Bishop-Potter, Dear Popsy: Collected postcards of a private schoolboy to his father, Troubador Publishing, page 51:
- Dear Popsy,
I need your help. Mother writes that if I don't return the leg immediately she will come to the school and take it by force. You must stop her, Popsy.
Etymology 2
From poppet?
Noun
popsy (plural popsies)
- (UK, slang, dated) A girl.
- 1943, H. E. Bates, There's Something in the Air:
- Pilots are often interested in nothing but popsies, kites, and beer.
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