ropeare

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Etymology

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Possibly from Middle English robbere (robber), from Old French robeor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ropeare

  1. vagrant; bawler; brawler
    • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:
      Ayenst zim vartful ropeare at a rumcht ouse avar.
      Against some wanton ranter that has raved (at) us before.

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 65