rackle
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of rackle
1250–1300; Middle English; perhaps variant of rattle 1; cf. racket 1
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I doubt you’ll prove A rackle ramstam wife, if you’ve your head.
From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
I’ve given my life to sheep, spent myself for them: And now, I’m not the value of a dead sheep To any farmer—a rackle of bones for the midden!
From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
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