hempie
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Is hempie a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete, Scotland and Northern England) A criminal; someone who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged.Synonyms: criminal and Thesaurus:gallows birdNorthern-EnglandScotlandobsolete
2. (obsolete, Scotland and Northern England) A rogue.Examples: "'Ha, ha, Patie lad!' quo Bessie Elliot, a free-spoken Liddesdale hempy, 'there's a wife com'd for ye the night, Patie lad.'"Synonyms: troublemakerNorthern-EnglandScotlandobsolete
3. (obsolete, Scotland and Northern England) A wild, romping girl.Examples: "“Ay, ay,” answered Rob, “she's under lawfu' authority now; and full time, for she was a daft hempie[…]”"Northern-EnglandScotlandobsolete
adj (English)
1. (obsolete, Scotland and Northern England) Deserving of being hanged.Synonyms: hangworthyNorthern-EnglandScotlandobsolete
2. (obsolete, Scotland and Northern England) Wild; riotous; mischievous.Examples: "The forst one's just as prood as us, / Te see his bonny mate, / An' if thor spared te grow up lads, / They'll fettle real forst-rate; / But if like hempy lads they fight, / We'll heh to keep them doon, / An’ try te myek them byeth as gud / As ony in the toon."Northern-EnglandScotlandobsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary