tappoon

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Spanish tampón (“plug, stopper”)

Noun[edit]

tappoon (plural tappoons)

  1. (US) A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow and irrigate a field.
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