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noun cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
noun a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla
noun the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped
originFrom Middle English wrappen (“to wrap, fold”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to North Frisian wrappe (“to press into; stop up”), dialectal Danish vrappe (“to stuff, cram”), Middle Low German rincworpen (“to envelop, wrap”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, scrunch the face”), all perhaps tied to Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist, bend”). Compare also…
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