lapper-milk

noun

curdled milk

OriginMiddle English loper ← Old English hléapan →
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Meanings

nounlapper-milk (uncountable)
  1. Scotlanduncountablecurdled milk

Origin

  1. Old Englishhléapan“to leap, run”
  2. Middle Englishloper“curdled”
  3. Englishlapper-milk

Related to lopper, from Middle English loper (“curdled”), probably connected with Old English hléapan (“to leap, run”). Compare rennet, runnet.

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lapper-milk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lapper-milk

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Chicago

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