Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
rapparee .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
rapparee .
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- noun Alternative form of
rapparee .
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Examples
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“I mean that Peter Stirling won't give a raparee for all the society you can give him.”
The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him Ford, Paul L 1894
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"I mean that Peter Stirling won't give a raparee for all the society you can give him."
The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him Paul Leicester Ford 1883
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a gilt head in his hand, and a bundle in a handkerchief over his shoulder, exciting the cupidity of every Irish raparee who passes him, by his resemblance to a Jew pedlar who has sent forward his pack -- Linton, tired of trailing his long legs, exalted in state upon an Irish garron, without stirrups, and a halter on its head, tempting every one to ask --
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) 1824
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