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- noun Plural form of
Lapp .
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Examples
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"Procopius called the Lapps 'Skrid-Finns' which seems to mean 'slider' in archaic Old Norse and they seemed to have used skis made of wooden frames with leather coverings into which they put their feet," he said, adding that present-day Lapps still rely on skiing for herding deer.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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"Procopius called the Lapps 'Skrid-Finns' which seems to mean 'slider' in archaic Old Norse and they seemed to have used skis made of wooden frames with leather coverings into which they put their feet," he said, adding that present-day Lapps still rely on skiing for herding deer.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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"Procopius called the Lapps 'Skrid-Finns' which seems to mean 'slider' in archaic Old Norse and they seemed to have used skis made of wooden frames with leather coverings into which they put their feet," he said, adding that present-day Lapps still rely on skiing for herding deer.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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"Procopius called the Lapps 'Skrid-Finns' which seems to mean 'slider' in archaic Old Norse and they seemed to have used skis made of wooden frames with leather coverings into which they put their feet," he said, adding that present-day Lapps still rely on skiing for herding deer.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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My husband and I are on our way to Norway because I got a Fulbright to study the cultural history of the Sámi, an indigenous people who used to be known as Lapps.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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My husband and I are on our way to Norway because I got a Fulbright to study the cultural history of the Sámi, an indigenous people who used to be known as Lapps.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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The Lapps are a people not fond of soap and water, and very much given to art magic.
The Brown Fairy Book 2003
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Many of these tribes passed over into Europe, where they are now known as the Lapps, the Finns, the Bulgarians, and the Magyars or Hungarians.
Winning a Cause World War Stories Inez Bigwood 1901
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Some writers have supposed that the Lapps are the remnants of a small race which was formerly spread over the whole of Europe, and was exterminated or driven out by the larger races.
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The Lapps are a people not fond of soap and water, and very much given to art magic.
The Brown Fairy Book Andrew Lang 1878
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