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rabble rout|ˈræb(ə)lraʊt|
[f. rabble n.1 + rout.]
= rabble 2, 2 b.
1599Middleton Micro-Cynicon Wks. (Bullen) VIII. 129 A crew of fiddling knaves abject, The very refuse of that rabble rout. 1639Fuller Holy War i. xii. (1840) 20 Besides these well-meaning people, there went also a rabble-rout. 1768Wesley Jrnl. 3 June (1827) III. 327 A more rude rabble-rout I never saw. 1822W. Irving Braceb. Hall xvi. 134 There was a rabble rout on foot. 1881Besant & Rice Chapl. of Fleet I. 158 The president of the rabble rout was no other than the doctor himself.
b. = rabble 2 c. Now rare or Obs.
1654Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio's Warrs Flanders 38 The rabble rout now will, and anon will not. c1680in Somers Tracts (1748) I. 213 Those Republicans who..lead the Rabble-rout by the plausible Cry of Religion. 1748Thomson Cast. Indol. ii. xli, With feigned respect he bade give back The rabble rout. |