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Yapp is an English surname, derived from an Old English word meaning "crooked, bent; deceitful; shrewd, smart". [1] Notable people with the surname include:

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There is also a type of binding known as "yapp"; this is a limp leather binding with the covers overlapping the edges of the book; it is named after a bookseller called Yapp. [2]

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  1. Cottle, Basil (1967) The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; p. 330.
  2. Macdonald, A. M. (ed.) (1972) Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary. London: Chambers ISBN   055010206X; p. 1582.

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