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pop·pa

(pä′pə)

Variant of papa.

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poppa

(ˈpɒpə)

informal US a father

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pop•pa

(ˈpɒp ə)

n., pl. -pas. Informal.

father.

[1765–75; variant of papa]

Translations

papà

poppa

[ˈpɒpə] N (US) → papá m

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poppa

n (US inf) → Papa m (inf)

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You know the American girl in Punch who says: 'Say, poppa, what did we see at Rome?' And the father replies: 'Why, guess Rome was the place where we saw the yaller dog.' There's travelling for you.

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Because among the few things Poppa knows is this: Some things never change.

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The movie opens in the Irish boondocks, with brothers Connor (Scan Patrick Flanery) and Murphy (Norman Reedus) sporting big, bushy beards and playing house with Poppa M (Billy Connolly) in their remote hideaway.

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

In some ways, it's tougher for an agent to commit fraud these days, Poppa said.

Fraud among friends: some unscrupulous insurance agents break the bonds of trust and steal from policyholders and carriers

Star names such as Sid Vicious, right, the self-professed most dangerous man in the world, and Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner are ready to battle it out.

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This wake up call, along with his fatherly mentor Winston "Poppa Doc" Fuller's ever-present advice, puts Prodigy in motion.

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You need: Deco Art sponging kit in blue (DAPK36 - contains 2 blues and 1 white), pounds 4.99, Hobbycraft (08000 272387); Prym poppa snaps, pounds 2.65 for 10, John Lewis (020 7629 7711); UHU power glue, pounds 1.99; sponge.

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"Looks pretty sandy" Poppa allowed, as he stared at the thirty by forty foot garden-to-be.

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* The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York (IIABNY) announced that president and CEO Richard Poppa, CAE, AAI, will retire at the end of 2016 after leading the association for nearly 20 years.