noun
- plural of pap; soft food for infants or invalids
- nipples or breasts
Usage: archaic; literary
Examples
- The nurse prepared several paps for the recovering patients.
- Different paps were offered to accommodate various dietary needs.
- The cookbook included recipes for nutritious paps for toddlers.
- Historical texts often reference paps in discussions of infant care.
- The medieval poem made reference to a mother’s paps.
- Old literature sometimes used paps in place of more modern terms.