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pappy
CIDE DICTIONARY
pappy, a. [From Pap soft food.].
Like pap; soft; succulent; tender. Ray. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
pappy
abba, dad, daddy, dead, dilute, diluted, fade, father, flat, flavorless, foster father, genitor, governor, gruelly, inane, indifferent, insipid, jejune, mild, milk-and-water, mushy, old man, pa, pap, papa, pater, paterfamilias, patriarch, pop, pops, pulpy, sapless, savorless, sire, spiceless, spongy, squashy, squelchy, squishy, squushy, stale, stepfather, tasteless, the old man, thin, unflavored, unsavory, vapid, washy, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, wishy-washy, yielding
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