rapparee

Example Sentences

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No thimblerigging rapparee, No jobber in kidnappery No filcher I !

From Time Magazine Archive

How him an' his blood-cousin, Tim Moriarty, lay wan night for an' ould rapparee av a landlord, who'd evicted pore Tim out av house an' home.

From The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police by Kendall, Ralph S.

This rapparee promised him mountains of wealth, and an English company was found to advance large sums of money—I fear on Sir Arthur's guarantee.

From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Denis Ryan—th' ould rapparee, he wint afther us harrd—in that last case.

From The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police by Kendall, Ralph S.

Why, what an ungrateful young rapparee it is, wanting to leave the home of five years like that!”

From First in the Field A Story of New South Wales by Rahey, L.