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Definition of 'chapess'English
Noun
( chapesses)
(British|informal) A female chap; a woman.
* 1990 , Samuel Gorley Putt, Wings of a Man's Life
- My friends are the undergraduates, chaps and chapesses , and as long as I can pour good wine down their gullets and listen into the small hours...
* 2005 , James Hawes, Speak for England
- ...so naturally, we simply couldn't afford to have chaps and chapesses tying the knot and then not having babies after all that fuss.
* 2006 , Mark Simpson, Saint Morrissey
- Those revered as saints are usually very peculiar chaps and chapesses who succeeded in refusing life just short of actually killing themselves...
Usage notes
Generally only used in the phrase chaps and chapesses .
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