nappy
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“You also see the outside: baby’s dirty nappy or Margo’s ordinary knickers or track pants, all the unglamorous and unsexy things.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Kearns continued: "The child was completely dry. They had a nappy in situ, which appeared to be appropriately placed."
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
"Big brands are incentivised to optimise costs, but in most cases there's no incentive for brands to pay much attention to the recyclability of the nappy."
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
The jury heard Gunter was seen getting angry with Brendon while changing his nappy and threatened to make formal complaints about nursing staff when they tried to intervene.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025
Lyra had been yelling as Alice washed her and put a clean, dry nappy on her, but it was a shout of general anger rather than distress.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
I was lucky because I was there for my son’s first year — I didn’t have any Radiohead, so I changed the first nappies, and I loved it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Any donations are welcome but cots, toiletries, nappies and maternity pads are particularly needed - "even opened packets".
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
A nation will be hoping he's still smiling in the wake of their opener against Haiti, Scotland's first World Cup game since the great thoroughbred in their midfield was barely out of nappies.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
The catch is meagre -- small fish, lots of plastic bottles and too many used nappies.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
“We just run out of milk powder, and we got nothing else to give her. And we need more nappies, the throwaway ones. Anything babies need, really. And medicine.”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Oh, born beneath the Fishes' sign, Of constellations happiest, May he somewhere with Walton dine, May Horace send him Massic wine, And Burns Scotch drink, the nappiest!
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell
O, born beneath the Fishes' sign, Of constellations happiest, May he somewhere with Walton dine, May Horace send him Massic wine, And Burns Scotch drink,—the nappiest!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various
