Yapp

Yapp is an old English surname, derived from an Old English word meaning "crooked, bent; deceitful; shrewd, smart".[1] Notable people with the surname include:

There is also a type of binding known as "yapp"; this is a limp leather binding with the covers overlapping the edges of the book; it is named after a bookseller called Yapp.[2]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Cottle, Basil (1967) The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; p. 330.
  2. ^ Macdonald, A. M. (ed.) (1972) Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary. London: Chambers ISBN 055010206X; p. 1582.
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