Rappee

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dark, coarse, strongly flavoured snuff. archaic, countable, historical, uncountable

    "Thou art like my rappee here, [takes out his box.] a moſt ridiculous ſuperfluity, but a pinch of thee novv and then is a moſt delicious treat."

  2. 2
    strong snuff made from dark coarse tobacco wordnet

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snuff

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"Thou art like my rappee here, [takes out his box.] a moſt ridiculous ſuperfluity, but a pinch of thee novv and then is a moſt delicious treat."

Etymology

From French (tabac) râpé (“grated (tobacco)”), past participle of râper (“to grate”), from Old French rasper "to scrape"; of Germanic origin.

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