Meaning of chapess | Babel Free

Definitions

A female chap; a woman.

British, informal

Examples

“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 […]”

“[…] so naturally, we simply couldn't afford to have chaps and chapesses tying the knot and then not having babies after all that fuss.”

“Those revered as saints are usually very peculiar chaps and chapesses who succeeded in refusing life just short of actually killing themselves […]”

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