rabblement
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rabblement
Example Sentences
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Jack Cade's rabblement was no whit more laughable an assemblage than the army which Robert proposed to lead to victory.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
At this present writing, Louis the Gouty is wheeling in triumph into Piccadilly, in all the pomp and rabblement of royalty.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
He had no intention of heading the forlorn hope of a misguided rabblement who would fly helter-skelter before the first puff of cannon smoke.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
But, Jim, my boy, though you’re a baa-waa body, And gan about like a goose with a nicked head, You’ve, aiblains, found out now that petticoats Are kittle-cattle, the whole rabblement.
From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
More than one runaway from our troop have joined this rabblement, and that gives some credit to the scandal.
From The Betrothed by Sir Walter Scott
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