rampike
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rampike
First recorded in 1585–95; origin unknown
Example Sentences
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In the dust, a big rampike slanted, broke, and plunged.
From Northwest! by Harold Bindloss
Slipping furtively from rampike to rampike, now creeping, now worming his way like a snake, he made good time down to the very edge of the level.
From The Backwoodsmen by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
Hain't had no time tew disputate, Except with axe an' arm, With stump an' rampike and with stuns, Upon my half clar'd farm.
From Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems by Isabella Valancy Crawford
Typographical errors corrected in text: Page 61: siegneurial replaced with seigneurial Page 84: protuding replaced with protruding Interesting words in this document: A rampike is an erect broken or dead tree.
From The Old Front Line by John Masefield
The hollow was thick with young spruce and white birch, clustered about a single tall and massive rampike.
From The Backwoodsmen by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
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