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Definition of Roped
1. rope [v] - See also: rope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roped
Literary usage of Roped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recollections of a New York Chief of Police by George Washington Walling (1887)
"HOW THE PLUMBER WAS roped IN.—HIS REVENGE. IN Chapter XIX. reference is made to
one Nugent, a police officer, who was suspected of complicity in the great ..."
2. Western Grazing Grounds and Forest Ranges: A History of the Live-stock by Will Croft Barnes (1913)
"No ropes are used, a man grabbing a calf by the right hind leg while his partner
grabs it by the tail. A quick "They Are roped and ..."
3. Western Grazing Grounds and Forest Ranges: A History of the Live-stock by Will Croft Barnes (1913)
"A quick "They Are roped and Dragged to the Fire.'' jerk and the animal lands upon
its side, and before it can rise it finds a man sitting on its neck and ..."
4. A Thousand Miles on an Elephant in the Shan States by Holt Samuel Hallett (1890)
"... EARTHQUAKE-BELT—LIMESTONE CLIFFS A CHINESE SMUGGLER—roped DOWN THE RAPIDS—PICTURESQUE
CLIFFS—PRECIPICES A MILE HIGH—A WATERFALL—THREE PAGODAS —OFFERINGS ..."
5. The High Alps of New Zealand by William Spotswood Green (1883)
"... or fraught With some untried adventure." WORDSWORTH. Dolce far niente.—Descend
to lower camp.—Provisions low.—roped together we ford the Hooker. ..."
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