pappy

Example Sentences

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It wasn’t like I was on the road all the time with my pappy.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2022

And he told my pappy, just as straight as my pappy had told him, ‘Freedom is a yoke, boy. You’ll soon see.’

From The New Yorker • Jun. 3, 2019

Or, as Leigh puts it just a tad more bluntly: “Sous-vide produces food with a soft, pappy texture that obviates the need for teeth, so my advice, Christine, is don’t do it.”

From The Guardian • May 3, 2019

That’s because he’s not the real player on that team; his pappy is.

From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2018

“Come on, old dude. Your pappy give you a good thing and you want to fight it.”

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison