red cap

red cap
a) A kind of evil brownie or imp.

1999: J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

b) A breed of poultry.

After boggarts, they studied Red Caps, nasty little goblinlike creatures that lurked where there had been bloodshed...


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  • Red|cap — «REHD KAP», noun. 1. a porter at a railroad station or bus station. He usually wears a red cap as part of his uniform. »No redcaps were in sight and Sam had two bags (Harper s). 2. British Slang. a military policeman. He wears a hat with a red… …   Useful english dictionary

  • red|cap — «REHD KAP», noun. 1. a porter at a railroad station or bus station. He usually wears a red cap as part of his uniform. »No redcaps were in sight and Sam had two bags (Harper s). 2. British Slang. a military policeman. He wears a hat with a red… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Red Cap : Police militaire — Red Cap : Police militaire Titre original Red Cap Genre Série policière Créateur(s) Patrick Harbinson Production Patrick Harbinson<brGareth Neame Pays d’origine …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Red Cap (TV series) — Red Cap is a British television series produced by Stormy Pictures for the BBC and broadcast on BBC One. Two series of 6 episodes each were produced following a feature length pilot. It featured the investigations (and personal releationships) of …   Wikipedia

  • Red Cap (poule) — Coq Red Cap La Red Cap, nommée Derbyshire Redcap au Royaume Uni, est une poule moyenne de type fermier. Elle demeure très rare, même dans son pays d origine. Elle est caractérisée par sa crête frisée assez grossière de grande taille, y compris… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Red Cap — Bonnet Rouge Pour les articles homonymes, voir bonnet rouge. Un Bonnet Rouge (anglais : Redcap, également appelé powrie ou dunter, plus souvent traduit par Rouge Bonnet) est une créature légendaire, un type de lutin malveillant et meurtrier… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • red cap —  Military policeman …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • red cap — A porter at a station of a carrier to assist passengers, especially with their luggage …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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