(informal, chiefly, UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.
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Don’t worry, I’ll kip on the sofabed.
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"Steady on, mate. How was I to know this was your gaff? I was lookin' for somewhere to kip."
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1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 56:
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He took off his thick black coat and threw it to Harry."You can kip under that," he said. "Don' mind it if wriggles a bit, I think I still got a couple o' dormice in one o' the pockets."
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1997, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, published 1998, page 60: