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rasper

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[ras-per, rah-sper] / ˈræs pər, ˈrɑ spər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that rasps.

  2. a machine for scraping sugarcane.

Etymology

Origin of rasper

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

Example Sentences

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Bristol City almost have another, as Mark Sykes stings the side-netting with a rasper.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2024

Neil Warnock spoke about telling his players to start on the front foot, and Connor Barron certainly received that message by delivering a rasper from 25 yards in the first minute.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2024

Cannon sends a low rasper across Vorm and off the bottom of the left-hand post!

From The Guardian • Feb. 28, 2018

They fanny around with some not-particularly-crisp passes, but Brunt salvages the situation by unleashing a low rasper goalwards from silly yards.

From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2010

I couldn't tell you how it come into my head or where from, but it had so much the sound of a rasper that I own to you it astonished myself.

From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles

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