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rappee

rappee noun: a dark, coarse, strongly flavoured snuff.

Noun

rappee (countable and uncountable, plural rappees)

  1. (archaic, historical) A dark, coarse, strongly flavoured snuff.
    • Thou art like my rappee here, [takes out his box.] a moſt ridiculous ſuperfluity, but a pinch of thee novv and then is a moſt delicious treat.1766, George Colman, David Garrick, The Clandestine Marriage, a Comedy. […], London: […] T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, […]; R[oberts] Baldwin, […]; R. Davis, […]; and T[homas] Davies, […], →OCLC, Act...
    • The fellow wears a solitaire, uses paint, and takes rappee with all the grimace of a French marquis.1771, [Tobias Smollett], The Expedition of Humphry Clinker […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] W. Johnston, […]; and B. Collins, […], →OCLC

Forms of rappee

pluralrappees

Origin of rappee

From French (tabac) râpé (“grated (tobacco)”), past participle of râper (“to grate”), from Old French rasper "to scrape"; of Germanic origin.

Questions about rappee

What does rappee mean?
Rappee means a dark, coarse, strongly flavoured snuff.
What part of speech is rappee?
Rappee is a noun.
What is the plural of rappee?
The plural of rappee is rappees.

Words near rappee in the dictionary

  1. rapped
  2. rapped at
  3. rapped back
  4. rapped down
  5. rapped someone's knuckles
  6. rappee
  7. rappees
  8. rappel
  9. rappeled
  10. rappeler
  11. rappelers

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