pappa

plural pappas

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of papa.

   A family friend said Ciccone’s pappa has every right to preach to his son, asking him to kick the bottle before loved ones can help.

   2013 April 23, Post Staff Report, “Madonna’s homeless brother busted after allegedly refusing to leave bathroom”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2020

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   Out in the opalescent moonlit street beggars creep around like leeches and hang on block after block whining the invariable formula, "No mamma, no pappa, no baksheesh," until the harassed soldier either buys them off or runs away.

   1942 December 22, Herbert L[ionel] Matthews, “Americans Swarm in Misty Calcutta […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

   It is quite safe to say that there is no such thing as a “hit” children’s record unless the material is aimed directly at mamma pappa on a grade “D” movie or TV show level.

   1952 March 9, Horace W. Grenell, “Children’s Needs: Creative Slant Required For the Youngsters”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

   Twin double‐headers over the last week end took pappa out of circulation for two days in a row and undoubtedly inspired angry words in many households. But momma can relax next weekend.

   1970 December 29, Arthur Daley, “Sports of The Times”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

   Those of us who are lesbian or gay parents, mothers or fathers, have found new words to help others understand us and make our lives visible and valid: othermothers, gaybies, co-parents, daddy and pappa, MaPa, mummies and mummas. Not bad, considering we weren’t even allowed to exist a few years ago.

   [2022 January 27, Finn Mackay, “In this debate over ‘missing words’, it’s marginalised people who are most at risk”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2022

plural Pappas

1. A surname.