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Zep, n. and v.|zɛp|
Also Zepp and with lower-case initial.
Colloq. abbrev. of Zeppelin n., v. Also attrib.
1915J. Pope Simple Rhymes, Mariana, The night those Zeps bombarded town. 1915A. Huxley Let. Oct. (1969) 79 The dear old Boches and their Zepps, which always get back bomb for bomb. 1915W. Owen Let. 12 June (1967) 338 The spot where a Zep. Bomb fell in a cross-roads. 1916Morning Post 15 Mar. 1 (Advt.), Anti-Zep blinds. 1916Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Jan. 40/3 A hostile raiding ‘Zepp.’ 1919C. Orr Glorious Thing ii. 20 We're exceedingly preoccupied with the war—Zepp. raids and things. 1920W. J. Locke House of Baltazar vii. 83 ‘So you've been Zepped, I hear,’ she said. 1931Flight 28 Aug. 855/1 The most interesting feature of our trip was a personally escorted tour of the entire Zep whilst crossing over France. a1935T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) ii. xxii. 159 There were Zepps in a cloud (sausages and mashed) and Adam and Eve on a raft (Hoxtonian for fried eggs on toast). 1974Listener 7 Feb. 177/3 This aeroplane..flew towards the zepp, and he started firing. |
