raddle
1 Americanverb (used with object)
verb
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of raddle1
First recorded in 1665–75; verb use of raddle “lath,” from Anglo-French reidele “pole, rail of a cart,” from Old French redelle; compare French ridelle
Origin of raddle2
First recorded in 1300–50; variant of ruddle ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The paneling at the base of the walls is painted a color its residents used to call raddle red, after a pigment used in the agricultural industries.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2018
Old Wellington face, shrunk, cheeks burning in a senile raddle.
From Mary Olivier: a Life by May Sinclair
She had not accustomed herself to the idea that women in society could raddle their cheeks, stain their lips, and play tricks before high heaven with their eyebrows and eyelashes.
From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
Raddle, rad′l, n. a layer of red pigment—also Redd′le.—v.t. to colour coarsely, as with raddle: to do work in a slovenly way.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Some of us have more serious things to hide than a yellow cheek behind a raddle of rouge, or a white poll under a wig of jetty curls.
From Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray
I used to walk past the raddled marquee of the shuttered Linda Lea Japanese Films theater on Main Street near skid row.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2021
The whimsy can become a overpowering, though the neurotic monologues have the sense of being written with fingernails bitten to the quick: "I am a little worn out, raddled, squashed, downtrodden, shot full of holes."
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2013
He's still got a touch of the young Bob Dylan about him, but these days he's more likely to be mistaken for the raddled Ronnie Wood.
From The Guardian ● May 29, 2012
The archive clips of grizzled and raddled unfortunates highlight the gap between them and the posh, smooth-skinned performers goldfishing the speech of their contemporary counterparts.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 25, 2010
Guenever had lost her raddled look, and sat accepting the clothes which were recommended for her, without fuss.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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