Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An intestine: commonly in the plural.

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Examples

  • I realize that Bush was as ignorant about Islam as were we all, but surely no one buys that "rop" propaganda anymore?

    Spotted Piglet Hiccups: Boozy Breslin Clashes With Mosque 2009

  • I realize that Bush was as ignorant about Islam as were we all, but surely no one buys that "rop" propaganda anymore?

    Spotted Piglet Hiccups: Boozy Breslin Clashes With Mosque 2009

  • A drought decimated the nation's spring wheat c rop, prompting the government to halt grain exports.

    Wheat, and Concern, Sowed as Russia Takes to Fields 2010

  • Am trying to come up with a new post topic that's of interest to anyone, so if you have a suggestion, D-rop it in the comments, puhleeze.

    Nattering 2010

  • Am trying to come up with a new post topic that's of interest to anyone, so if you have a suggestion, D-rop it in the comments, puhleeze.

    Living in 'the Gloom Belt' 2009

  • Am trying to come up with a new post topic that's of interest to anyone, so if you have a suggestion, D-rop it in the comments, puhleeze.

    April 2009 2009

  • By the time the guy underneath has "conserved his energy", he realizes, too late, that he has sustained too much damage to do whatever he planned on doing in your "rop-a-dope" strategy, he's dead, and all the bystanders have paid off the ones who betted on Guy #1, and gone home.

    Speaking To Veterans, Obama Directly Takes On McCain's Attacks On His Patriotism 2009

  • [Brazil] has the world's sixth largest car industry, but major car making firms like Mercedes and Volkswagen have placed their workers on mandatory leave. -- especially concerned for the smaller economies in Central America and the Caribbean -- rop in the price of oil has also raised concerns about the future of social programmes in major oil exporting countries in the region like Ecuador and Venezuela.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Latin America Poverty 'May Soar' 2009

  • Am trying to come up with a new post topic that's of interest to anyone, so if you have a suggestion, D-rop it in the comments, puhleeze.

    Living in 'the Gloom Belt' 2009

  • 'That,' said Fergus, 'is the bold one, unsparing; that is the tearing; it is the boar [Note: Ir. _rop_, said to be a beast that wounds or gores.] of combat, it is the mad bull; it is the victorious one of Baile; it is the warlike one of the gap; it is the champion of Colptha, the door of war of the north of Ireland: that is, Menn Mac Salchalca from Corann.

    Táin Bó Cúalnge. English L. Winifred Faraday

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