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pap noun A father (in third-person reference and as a form of address). In Joseph Hall’s work in the Smoky Mountains in the 1930's, this term was more common than its alternatives. [DARE labels this usage “chiefly Midland, South Atlantic]

1861 Carter CW Letters (Dec 5) I want you to hug and kiss Nancy and deller for me tell them that pap is still a live. 1924 Spring Lydia Whaley 1 Pap let the county build a school house free on his land which was nigh enuf for 'em to go home to dinner. And he was “powerful to send us to school.” 1937 Hall Coll (Catons Grove TN) Pap was born here in the mountains, but Mother was born in Georgia. 1967 Hall Coll (Townsend TN) Labe and Pap was the ones that killed the bear. 2005 Hicks Blood and Bone 23 Pap’s last words written / in my journal mock me / here along with my guitar.