roup
Example Sentences
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Another roup on the same ground asked for 20%.
From Time Magazine Archive
The auctioneer was screamed at for favouring his friends, and at times the roup became so noisy that men and women had to be forcibly ejected.
From Auld Licht Idylls by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Ay, ay," she cried, "thump them and drive them into the shed, Giles, that they may be ready for the roup o' our plenishing and stocking.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
They were both bidding at the roup and some business thegither.
From The Judge by Rebecca West
Mr. Wright advises half a grain of cayenne pepper with half a grain of powdered allspice in a bolus of the meal, or one of Baily's roup pills to be given daily.
