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From kips (“plural of kip (lodging-house or sleep)”) + -y (“diminutive suffix”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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From kips (“plural of kip (lodging-house or sleep)”) + -y (“diminutive suffix”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.