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Rapparee

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A wild Irish plunderer; so called from his being armed with a rapary of half-pike. (Irish rappire, a robber.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Rank and File
Rank distinguished by Colour
Ranks
Rantipole
Ranz des Vaches
Rap
Rape
Rape of the Lock
Raphael
Raphael of Cats (The)
Rapparee
Rappee
Rara Avis (Latin, a rare bird)
Rare Ben
Raree Show
Rascal
Rascal Counters
Rasher
Rashleigh Osbaldistone
Rasiel
Raspberry