kip

kip
I. noun Etymology: obsolete Dutch; akin to Middle Low German kip bundle of hides Date: circa 1525 a bundle of undressed hides of young or small animals; also one of the hides II. noun Etymology: perhaps from Danish kippe cheap tavern Date: 1879 1. bed <
ready for the kip after this screwball day — K. M. Dodson
> 2. chiefly British sleep, nap <
roused the…family from their kip — Sylvia Margolis
> III. intransitive verb (kipped; kipping) Date: circa 1889 British sleep — sometimes used with down <
kip down on a spare bed — Alice Glenday
> IV. noun Etymology: kilo- + pound Date: 1914 a unit of weight equal to 1000 pounds (454 kilograms) used to express deadweight load V. noun (plural kip or kips) Etymology: Lao kì:p, literally, ingot Date: 1955 — see money table

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