rappee
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rappee
1730–40; < French râpé grated (past participle of râper ); see rape 3
Example Sentences
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For myself, sir," said the Colonel, snuff-box open in hand, for he had been surprised with the rappee between his fingers, "I am ready to go on.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough
In the course of time, she became the wife of one worthy of her in every respect—their lovely children often sportively carrying off the ponderous box of brown rappee, and yet Uncle Budge never frowning.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 448 Volume 18, New Series, July 31, 1852 by William Chambers
He would understand, by analogy, the pungency of other things, besides Irish blackguard or Scotch rappee.
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Jacob Zeitlin
The friends in question kept him supplied with sound rappee.
From The Cardinal's Snuff-Box by Henry Harland
Like other great men, this Pasha makes a great consumption of rappee, and empties nearly a box a-day. 10th.—The military seem to have taken a fancy to us.
From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by James Richardson
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