Citations:ripe

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English citations of ripe

riped[edit]

  • 1824, Sir Walter Scott, "Redgauntlet" [1],
    And Sir John, when he had riped the turret weel, led my gudesire into the dining-parlour, and took him by the hand, and spoke kindly to him, and said he was sorry he should have doubted his word, and that he would hereafter be a good master to him, to make amends.

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  • n.d., Anonymous, "Robin Hood and the Beggar, II" [2]
    The young men answer'd never a word, / They were dumb as a stane; / In the thick wood the beggar fled, / E'er they riped their eyne.

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