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▪ I. rappee1|ræˈpiː|
Also 9 rapee.
[ad. F. (tabac) râpé, pa. pple. of râper to rasp (see def.).]
A coarse kind of snuff made from the darker and ranker tobacco leaves, and originally obtained by rasping a piece of tobacco. Also † rappee-snuff.
c1740Wimble's Snuffs in F. W. Fairholt Tobacco (1876) 268 English Rappee, Scented Rappee [etc.]. 1758Johnson Idler No. 34 ⁋24 Made some rappee-snuff. 1785Crabbe Newspaper Wks. 1834 II. 128 He May tell their honours that he sells rappee. 1859Thackeray Virgin. lx, He started back, and must have upset some of his rappee, for Macbeth sneezed thrice.
▪ II. raˈppee2 nonce-wd.
[f. rap v.1 + -ee1.]
One who raps or knocks; a rapper. (In quot., with punning allusion to rappee.)
1819Keats Let. 27 Sept. (1958) II. 216, I heard a rap at the door... There came a louder rap... A little girl in the house was the Rappee—I assure you she had nearly made me sneeze. |