Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
crack-hemp .
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Examples
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` ` Hark ye, ye crack-rope padder, born beggar, and bred thief! '' replied the hag, ` ` suppose he never marries the wench, is that a reason he should marry another, and that other to hold my daughter's place, and she crazed, and I a beggar, and all along of him?
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“Hark ye, ye crack-rope padder, born beggar, and bred thief!” replied the hag, “suppose he never marries the wench, is that a reason he should marry another, and that other to hold my daughter’s place, and she crazed, and I a beggar, and all along of him?
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"Hark ye, ye crack-rope padder, born beggar, and bred thief!" replied the hag, "suppose he never marries the wench, is that a reason he should marry another, and that other to hold my daughter's place, and she crazed, and I a beggar, and all along of him?
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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