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preppy
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prep·py or prep·pie  (prp)
n. pl. prep·pies Informal
1. A student or former student of a preparatory school.
2. A person whose manner and dress are deemed typical of traditional preparatory schools.
adj. prep·pi·er, prep·pi·est
Of or relating to a preppy or a preparatory school.


preppi·ly adv.
preppi·ness n.

preppy [ˈprɛpɪ] Informal
adj
(Clothing & Fashion) characteristic of or denoting a fashion style of neat, understated, and often expensive clothes; young but classic: suggesting that the wearer is well off, upper class, and conservative
n pl -pies
(Clothing & Fashion) a person exhibiting such style
[originally US, from preppy a person who attends or has attended a preparatory school before college]
Translations
preppy [ˈprɛpi] (mainly US)
nBCBG m/f
adjBCBG


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