Tappit hen

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Tap´pit hen`

	1.	A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head.
	2.	A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); - so called from a knob on the lid, thought to resemble a crested hen.

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tappit-hen			One local man said: "One of my mates saw the boar snuffling around in the gutter outside the Tappit Hen pub around chucking-out time on Saturday night. Wild boar decides to move to town by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) T The Tappit Hen, Dunblane; The Tartan Arms, Bannockburn; The Tavern, Dollar; The Tavern Bar, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae; The Tam O'Shanter Inn, Ayr; Tea Gardens Tavern, Paisley; The Thistle Bar, Forres, Moray; Turf Inn, Dalry, Ayrshire. WINNERS ON PINTS; Your Pub of the Year nominations by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) GOLF: Liberton's Graham Roberts and Douglas Evans and West Linton's Peter Sewell won the East of Scotland Alliance Tappit Hen Team Trophy at Liberton by two strokes with a combined better two balls of 17-under 117. Sport General: Tyson's capital lure for Lennox by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			Tapirus Tapirus indicus Tapirus terrestris tapis Tapiser Tapish Taplash Taplings Tapoa tafa tapotement tappa tappa bark Tappan Tappan Zee Tappan Zee Bridge tapped Tappen tapper Tappester tappet Tappet motion Tappet rod tappet wrench Tappice tapping Tappit hen tappit-hen Tappoon taproom taproot taps tapsalteerie tapster tapu Taqua-nut taqueria tar tar baby Tar board tar boy tar camphor Tar Heel Tar Heel State tar paper tar pit Tar River tar sand Tar water tar-and-feather tar-wood Tara			Tappester tappet tappet Tappet motion Tappet rod Tappet rod tappet wrench tappets tappets TAPPI Tappice tapping tapping tapping tapping tapping tapping tapping machine Tapping Mode Atomic Force Microscopy Tapping out Tapping out Tapping out Tapping out tapping screw Tapping The Vein Tapping-Mode Tuning-Fork tappings tappings tappings tappings Tappit hen tappit-hen Tapply Thompson Community Center Tappoon Tappotment Tappotment Tappottment Tappottment Tapps Tappuah TAPQOL TAPR TAPRI TAPRIC Taprobane Taprobane taproom taprooms taproot taproot Taproots Taproots TAPRWG taps taps taps taps taps taps Taps & Accents taps out

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