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spiff | 13:49 Thu 27th Jan 2005 | Phrases & Sayings
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What's the origin of this word? as in another word for sleep.
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I don't use Kip very often, I hear nap a lot more than the other!
It comes from the Danish word, 'kippe', meaning a lowly alehouse...ie a sort of place where someone might just doss down for the night. The word then took on the meaning of the sleep itself.

Maybe not what you expected...

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-kip1.htm

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