rasper
[ ras-per, rah-sper ]
noun
a person or thing that rasps.
a machine for scraping sugarcane.
Origin of rasper
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How to use rasper in a sentence
Cromwell and his tawnies found it a rasper in my vather's time, and Monmouth is like to do the same.'
Micah Clarke | Arthur Conan DoyleThe reverend fox-hunter had never met with such a rasper before.
Liverpool a few years since | James AspinallWell, the horse I rode was rasper; perhaps you remember him?
Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience | Grenville Kleiserrasper's fly is waiting for us, and the parson has no manners.
Erema | R. D. BlackmoreJust as the pikes attack is at its height, the rasper suddenly raises his twelve-spined dorsal fin.
Grim: The Story of a Pike | Svend Fleuron
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