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ree-raw

ree-raw adjective: untidy; chaotic; disordered.

Adjective

ree-raw

  1. (Ireland) untidy; chaotic; disordered
    • She was a complete bar to Harry's improvement; his room was no longer neat, as his English landlady had kept it: it was, to use an expressive Irish phrase, always "Ree-raw," and Mrs. O'Reardon herself was a source of perpetual amusement […]1836, Mrs. S. C. Hall, Harry O'Reardon, Or, Illustrations of Irish Pride, page 113
    • The Captain John Kelly here named also owned Mount Pelia and Castle Kelly, in the county of Dublin, and afterwards had a fine ree-raw Irish place, called Larch Hill, […]1857, Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal

Questions about ree-raw

What does ree-raw mean?
Ree-raw means untidy; chaotic; disordered.
What part of speech is ree-raw?
Ree-raw is an adjective.

Words near ree-raw in the dictionary

  1. redynamizes
  2. redynamizing
  3. ree
  4. Ree group
  5. Ree groups
  6. ree-raw
  7. reearn
  8. reearned
  9. reearning
  10. reearns
  11. reearnt

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