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Pap (?), n. [Cf. OSw. papp.  Cf. Pap soft food.]

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    1. (Anat.) A nipple; a mammilla; a teat.  Dryden.

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    The paps which thou hast sucked. Luke xi. 27.

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    2. A rounded, nipplelike hill or peak; anything resembling a nipple in shape; a mamelon.  Macaulay.

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Pap, n. [Cf. D. pap, G. pappe, both perh. fr. L. papa, pappa, the word with which infants call for food: cf. It. pappa.]
    1. A soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softened in milk or water.

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    2. Hence: Any speech, writing, or idea lacking substance, or of trivial content; oversimplified, trite, or worthless ideas.

    Syn. -- pablum, drivel, twaddle.

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    3. Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, “treasury pap”. [Colloq. & Contemptuous]

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    4. The pulp of fruit.  Ainsworth.

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Pap, v. t. To feed with pap.  Beau. & Fl.

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