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Shippen

Shippen

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A small town in Pennsylvania, United States
  • proper noun
  • /ˈʃɪpən/
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  • I visited Shippen Township in Pennsylvania last summer.
  • Mr. Shippen
  • Peggy Shippen
  • Mrs. Shippen

Examples

  • Everything was left as he found it. "Anything else?" Mr. Shippen asked.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Mrs. Shippen, of course, never had a voice to begin with.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • "What is it?" Mrs. Shippen asked.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • You are all mad," Elizabeth Shippen said.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • "What's his name?" Mr. Shippen asked.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • "Mr. Shippen doesn't have it."

    Fiction book (1994)

  • I hurried back to the Shippen household, head down, no longer conscious of the beautiful May morning.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • When Mama reined Duke to a stop in front of the Shippen house an hour or so later, the sun was above the horizon.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Cecil went to fetch Mr. Shippen.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Mr. Shippen sat down.

    Fiction book (1994)

Surface Forms

Shippen main

Etymology

Shippen as a place name comes from an old word made from sheep and pen, meaning 'sheep pen' or 'animal shed'. So the town was probably named because the area had many pens for sheep or cattle, which fits its quiet rural roads.