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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
preppie

"student at a preparatory school," 1962, also preppy; see prep. As an adjective from 1966. An older variant in the noun sense was prepper (1921), also prepster (1938).

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preppie

n. (alternative spelling of preppy English)

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Preppie (album)

Preppie is the fifth studio album by American recording R&B artist Cheryl Lynn, released on September 16, 1983 by Columbia Records. The album features the R&B hit singles, "Encore" and "This Time".

Usage examples of "preppie".

I also mention, in passing, the part about Elizabeth being a preppie, and Roberta liking Ziggy, and how both of these facts made them highly unlikely candidates for elevator surfing.

As far as he could tell, the software expected Geeks fans to dress like preppie Klingons.

Nazi priests, rich preppie Republican bigots, and the dark night of fascism under Senator Joe McCarthy.

A few couples strolled down the hill from the campus, contented with clear sky and shop windows filled with the latest preppie fashions, I snorted to myself and took off down the railroad tracks, my heels leaving crescents in the dirt between the ties.

There were three of them, one looking like a preppie who had forgotten to wash, the other two scruffier, with roached haircuts and eye makeup.

In place of a preppie alligator over his left breast, drop dead was carefully stitched in red thread.

At least one really easy course was absolutely necessary for those who were either preppies or pre-med.

The place was dotted with studying preppies in their usual uniform, button-down shirts and chinos.

But actually they're just a bunch of empty-headed preppies who wouldn't even be here if their parents hadn't sent them to expensive schools.

There is some technical stuff but a lot depends on getting along with other preppies over lunch at their Wall Street clubs.

We get these greenhorn, uh, uh, preppies, who don't know the first thing about trial law.