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hempie

noun

Etymology

From hemp + -ie.

  1. suffixed as hempie — “hemp + ie”

Definitions

  1. A criminal

    A criminal; someone who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged.

  2. A rogue.

    • 'Ha, ha, Patie lad!' quo Bessie Elliot, a free-spoken Liddesdale hempy, 'there's a wife com'd for ye the night, Patie lad.'

  3. A wild, romping girl.

    • “Ay, ay,” answered Rob, “she's under lawfu' authority now; and full time, for she was a daft hempie[…]”
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Deserving of being hanged.

    2. Wild

      Wild; riotous; mischievous.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA