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Etymology

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From chap +‎ -ish.

Adjective

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chappish (comparative more chappish, superlative most chappish)

  1. Like a chap; mannish, blokey.
    • 2023, Richard Flanagan, Question 7, Knopf, page 35:
      She struck him as at once chappish and womanly.