The phrase "a pappy" is correct and usable in written English, depending on the context.
It can be used informally to refer to a father or grandfather figure, often in a playful or affectionate manner.
Example: "When I was a child, my pappy would tell me stories by the fireplace."
Alternatives: "a grandpa" or "a pop".
Croissants absorb moisture like sponges and rapidly turn into a pappy mush.
Yesterday, a satirical website, The Poke, autotuned the Lib Dem leader's voice to turn his mea culpa about breaking his pledge on tuition fees into a pappy pop song, and it came over surprisingly well.
You might find it all too easy to resist the lure of a turkey drummer, a ready meal, a "fruit" drink or a pappy loaf of standard white bread.
Instead we get a series of disconnected "vignettes" (the natural birth, the C-section, the miscarriage) all played out over a pappy jukebox soundtrack by stunningly photogenic (and universally well-to-do) Hollywood names who mug, wince and grin like people giving birth to very large paychecks.
You always have fun at a Pappy's show, and you get the sense that they're having fun too – especially when (as nearly always happens) they start giggling and forgetting their lines mid-show.
I remember speaking to Seann Walsh a few months before Edinburgh, and he had seen a new Pappy's sketch that was based on a fictional relationship between Ben and a member of the audience.
"One-sixty a hundred," Pappy said.
Mr. Dotrice's Phil initially comes across as a Gaelic Pappy Yokum, cute and crafty and full of blarney.
There are many poorly made pastas on the market which will provide you with a disappointing, pappy texture.
If rarity gives you an excuse to tell stories and to savor experiences as it might for bourbon drinkers who land a sip of Pappy or friends who embark on an epic adventure to ensnare a Vaporeon in Central Park then, on balance, it's probably a good thing.
