Meaning of napoo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Finished, dead, no more, gone; non-existent.
   historical, not-comparable, slang
2. Dead.
   historical, not-comparable, slang

Examples

“What shall I do? / My poor old dug-out is napoo.”

““[…] It seems scrounging for fuel ’ad reached such a pitch in the village […] But our washing ’ad to be done, ’an I thought if I got the whole of this football team scrounging they might find⟳ something as everyone else ’ad overlooked.[…]” / “‘Very well,’ says I, ‘San fairy ann. Napoo washing—napoo ball.’[…]””

‘Very well,’ says I, ‘it doesn't matter. No more washing—no more ball.’

“One afternoon the corps was due to shift, so that morning the cook⟳ said to the Turco, giving him his farewell tin: 'Oh la, la, Johnny, napoo pozzy tomorrow.'”

“The war was napoo, fini, and the Rhine the end⟳ of the journey.”

“‘Hey, Bill, where′s Charles?’ / ‘Napoo.’ / ‘What?’ / ‘Yes. He was out on a listening post⟳ and lit a cigarette. Sniper got him.’”

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