napoo
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verb trans.
/na:'pu:/ Also na poo, napooh /na:'pu:/
Also na poo, napooh
verb trans.
1: To finish, kill, or destroy. (1915 — 25).int
2: Finished; gone; done for. (1915 —) .adjective
3: Finished; good for nothing; dead. (1917 —) .
W. Deeping A man's phrase—a war-phrase—seemed to trickle into his head. Everything was na poo, a wash-out. His marriage— (1927).
[Alteration of French (il n'y e)n a plus there is no more.]
/na:'pu:/ Also na poo, napooh /na:'pu:/
Also na poo, napooh
verb trans.
1: To finish, kill, or destroy. (1915 — 25).
2: Finished; gone; done for. (1915 —) .
3: Finished; good for nothing; dead. (1917 —) .
W. Deeping A man's phrase—a war-phrase—seemed to trickle into his head. Everything was na poo, a wash-out. His marriage— (1927).
[Alteration of French (il n'y e)n a plus there is no more.]
| nap, nante, nanny-goat | |
| napper, narc, narco |
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