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Etymology
From Middle English bagpipe, equivalent to *bag + peeps.
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
References
- 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