ˈpoppin Now only dial.
Also 5 popyn, 6 poppyn.
[Late ME. popyn, ad. OF. popine (later poupine) a doll, a pretty little woman (15th c.), also Popin (proper name, 1390), poupin baby, fop (16th c. in Godef. Compl.); f. Romanic type *puppa: see poppet.]
A doll, a puppet.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 409/1 Popyn, chylde of clowtys.., pupa. 1552 Huloet, Poppyn, oscillum... Circulatorious, perteynynge to poppyn players. 1570 Levins Manip. 134/14 A Poppin, oscillum. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Poppin-shew, a puppet-shew. |