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Another roup on the same ground asked for 20%.

From Time Magazine Archive

And this same Boccaccio was the point of attack which formed the climax in the great contest of the Roxburghe roup, as the Duke's fellow-countrymen called it.

From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill

Some of my readers may take exception to me either in regard to roup or white diarrhoea.

From The Dollar Hen by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)

When he got the estate into trouble it was my care and skill saved it from roup and rent rack.

From Playing With Fire by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

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 Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)