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ropeable, a. Austr. and N.Z. slang. (ˈrəʊpəb(ə)l) Also ropable. [f. rope v.1 + -able.] Requiring to be roped; intractable, wild; violently angry.1874 C. de Boos Congewoi Corr. 195, I don't know a nastier smell than the smeller new togs just fresh from the tailor's goose, and the thoughter that amost...
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Joseph Furphy
The novel contains possibly the first written incidence of the Australian and New Zealand idiom "ropeable". Chapter One contains the following phrase: "On't ole Martin be ropeable when he sees that fence!"
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▪ I. rope, n.1 (rəʊp) Forms: α. 1–4 rap, 2–5, Sc. 7–9 rape; 4 rayp, 6–9 raip(e, 6 raipp; 8–9 raep, 9 dial. reap(e, reeap. β. 3–4 rop, 4–7 roop(e, 5–6 roppe, 6–7 roap(e; 3– rope. [Common Teut.: OE. ráp masc., = OFris. râp (in silrâp; WFris. reap, EFris. rôp, but NFris. riap:—*rêp), MDu. and Du. reep,...
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