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rottletrap

rottletrap adjective: rickety.

Adjective

rottletrap (comparative more rottletrap, superlative most rottletrap)

  1. (West-Country, Dorset) Rickety
    • “I do stand wi’ ’ee all through, Jacob,” said Farmer Wangle. “Vur vaught and dear a-bought: a wold enough zaying, but so true for all that rottletrap machine-made trumpery as ever a war in the wold days!”1918 August, John Read, “The Old Craftsman: A West Country Study”, in Hermes, University of Sydney, page 198
    Synonyms:
    rickety

Synonyms of rottletrap

Forms of rottletrap

comparativemore rottletrap
superlativemost rottletrap

Questions about rottletrap

What does rottletrap mean?
Rottletrap means rickety.
What part of speech is rottletrap?
Rottletrap is an adjective.

Words near rottletrap in the dictionary

  1. rottle
  2. rottlera
  3. rottleras
  4. rottlerin
  5. rottles
  6. rottletrap
  7. Rottman
  8. Rottmans
  9. Rottnest
  10. Rottnest Island pine
  11. Rotto

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