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Definition of Ropiest
1. ropey [adj] - See also: ropey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ropiest
Literary usage of Ropiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... in a day or two : or a ropiest, perhaps, that she will send over his night-gown
and shaving-plate to the temporary lodging where the nomadic Captain is ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1909)
"OB ropiest, but is regarded as having been on defendant's premises with a purpose
of expediting tlie delivery of his own goods. The carrier is liable to him ..."
3. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"The earliest references to them being in the reign of Charlemagne, they could
not have been forged much, if at all, earlier. .Julius, wri'ten at th ropiest ..."
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