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hippy

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

hippy especially in the 1960s, a person of unconventional appearance, typically having long hair and wearing beads, associated with a subculture involving a rejection of conventional values and the taking of hallucinogenic drugs. The name comes from hip meaning ‘following the latest fashion, understanding, aware’.

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hippy

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

hip·py¹ • n. & adj. variant spelling of hippie. hip·py² • adj. having large hips.

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hippy

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

hippy •crappie, crappy, flappy, gappy, happi, happy, nappy, pappy, sappy, scrappy, slap-happy, snappy, strappy, tapis, yappy, zappy •campy, scampi, vampy •harpy, okapi, serape, sharpie •raspy •Giuseppe, peppy, preppy •kelpie •kempy, tempi •Gillespie •crêpey, kepi, scrapie •creepy, sleepy, tepee, weepy •chippy, clippie, dippy, drippy, grippy, hippy, Lippi, lippy, Mississippi, nippy, slippy, snippy, tippy, trippy, whippy, Xanthippe, zippy •chickpea •crimpy, gimpy, skimpy, wimpy •crispy, wispy •turnipy • recipe • praecipe • gossipy •pipy, stripy •choppy, copy, floppy, jalopy, moppy, poppy, sloppy, soppy, stroppy •Pompey, swampy •waspie, waspy •photocopy • cowpea •dopey, Hopi, Opie, ropy, soapy, topi

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Hippies of Elmina.(social history) Magazine article from: African Arts; 6/22/2005
	HIPPY NEW ZEALAND: AN EVALUATION OVERVIEW. Magazine article from: Social Policy Journal of New Zealand; 7/1/1999
	off the PEG: Hippy chic meets combat khaki in the wardrobe war.(Features) Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 7/22/2002