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
"She was on a reduced timetable for most of the year and I had to go in to change her nappy because they weren't able to do that," she said.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
She said it was only when she returned to the bedroom that she noticed Thea was lying on the floor without her nappy or the blanket that had been covering her.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 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
Even though she came to the door wearing the nappy pink robe and carrying a plastic razor, we could tell that she was in better shape than the day before.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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
A handful of mainly religious and aid groups hand out food, water, sanitary towels and nappies.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Litter picking team Porthcawl Wombles collected around 18 bags of rubbish on one morning in the town last week - even picking up items such as nappies and sanitary pads.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
The catch is meagre -- small fish, lots of plastic bottles and too many used nappies.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
I’m to tell him we’re all happy and in the best of health, send money, food is very dear, growing boys eat a lot, ha ha, Alphie the baby needs clothes and nappies.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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
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
