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dragropes

dragropes is the plural of dragrope.

Meaning of dragrope

Noun

dragrope (plural dragropes)

  1. A rope used to drag something.
    • Starting in 1818, a few women managed to break a the sex barrier that excluded them from active firefighting. [It was] hard work to draw the engine; but among the few who had hold of the dragrope was Molly, pulling away for dear life.1984, Paul C. Ditzel, Fire Engines, Fire Fighters: The Men, Equipment, and Machines, from Colonial Days to the Present, Random House Value Pub, →ISBN

Questions about dragropes

What is dragropes the plural of?
Dragropes is the plural of dragrope.

Words near dragropes in the dictionary

  1. dragqueen
  2. dragqueens
  3. dragra
  4. dragras
  5. dragrope
  6. dragropes
  7. drags
  8. drags and drops
  9. drags ass
  10. drags down
  11. drags in

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