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  • adjective strong, intense
  • adjective excellent

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Examples

  • In six days we had two stiff blows, and, in addition, one proper southwester and one ripsnorting southeaster.

    SMALL-BOAT SAILING 2010

  • You can see the blurbs on the cover, but the best one is from Publisher's Weekly on the back cover: A ripsnorting nautrical swashbuckler of the kind 'they don't write any more' . . .

    Archive 2010-03-28 Bill Crider 2010

  • Ironically, two years later, Ripple and Dizzy got into such a ripsnorting fight that National League president Ford Frick fined each fifty dollars.

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • Ironically, two years later, Ripple and Dizzy got into such a ripsnorting fight that National League president Ford Frick fined each fifty dollars.

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • Ironically, two years later, Ripple and Dizzy got into such a ripsnorting fight that National League president Ford Frick fined each fifty dollars.

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • Ironically, two years later, Ripple and Dizzy got into such a ripsnorting fight that National League president Ford Frick fined each fifty dollars.

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • IN REPAIRING THE DAMAGE TO your portfolio, the steps outlined above are no substitute for a ripsnorting stock-market rally.

    Seven Steps to Fatten Your Retirement Fund 2009

  • Think moments of awesome nerdity, heart-wrenching power and ripsnorting absurdity.

    2008 August 22 « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows 2008

  • Think moments of awesome nerdity, heart-wrenching power and ripsnorting absurdity.

    2008 August « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows 2008

  • Think moments of awesome nerdity, heart-wrenching power and ripsnorting absurdity.

    The Gone-Away World « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows 2008

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