rasper

[ ras-per, rah-sper ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Origin of rasper¹

First recorded in 1715–25; rasp + -er ¹

Cromwell and his tawnies found it a rasper in my vather's time, and Monmouth is like to do the same.'

The reverend fox-hunter had never met with such a rasper before.

Well, the horse I rode was Rasper; perhaps you remember him?

Rasper's fly is waiting for us, and the parson has no manners.

Just as the pikes attack is at its height, the Rasper suddenly raises his twelve-spined dorsal fin.

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