Etymology

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Today it means: A piece of small firewood or kindling; dibber Full definition →

Irish cipín
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  1. Irish · borrowed fromcipín“stick used for planting; matchstick”
  2. English todaykippen

Borrowed from Irish cipín (“stick used for planting; matchstick”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.