tawpies

/ˈtɔːpiz/
noun
  1. A clumsy, foolish, or untidy person, especially a young woman or girl.
    • The old woman called the messy child a tawpie and told her to clean her room.
    • He laughed at his sister, calling her a tawpie when she spilled juice on the carpet.
    • She felt like a tawpie after tripping over her own feet in front of the whole class.
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