hempy

hempy
/hem"pee/, adj. Scot.
mischievous; often in trouble for mischief.
[1400-50; late ME hempi made of hemp (see HEMP, -Y1); hence, fit for hanging by a hemp rope, and, by attenuation, mischievous]

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