Eppie A diminutive of the female given name Euphemia A diminutive of the female given name Hephzibah From Ep + -ie, the diminutive suffix here having...
malle eppie, Malle Eppie Literally, “silly Eppie”, the nickname of an eccentric from mid-20th century Amsterdam, whose name entered the local idiom as...
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ep" Hypocoristic form of Elbert and Egbert. Ep m a diminutive of the male given names Elbert or Egbert Eppie...
(“diminutive suffix”). gekkie n (plural gekkies) (Netherlands) silly, silly person (used mostly as a term of endearment, as in English) Synonym: malle Eppie...
rent free in someone's head Often attributed to American advice columnist Eppie Lederer (1918–2002), who used it in her syndicated advice column in 1990...
little brush-shop and sit down, father—they'll let you sit down," said Eppie, always on the watch lest one of her father's strange attacks should come...
morning. The term was popularized by the American writer Esther Pauline “Eppie” Lederer (1918–2002), who used the pen name Ann Landers, in the syndicated...
Chapter 16: “ […] Oh, the pipe! won’t you have it lit again, father?” said Eppie, lifting that medicinal appliance from the ground. 1939, John Steinbeck...
(1918–2013), the initial columnist (until 2002) and sister of fellow columnist Eppie Lederer (who wrote under the pen name Ann Landers). 1971, Jim Jacobs, Warren...
the noun mallerd. For other senses, dwaas, dom and gek are used. malle Eppie mallerd Afrikaans: mal van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “mal1”, in...