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rottletrap en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (West-Country, qualifier:Dorset) Rickety
    • “I do stand wi’ ’ee all through, Jacob,” said Farmer Wangle. “Vur vaught and dear a-bought: a wold enough zaying, but so true for all that rottletrap machine-made trumpery as ever a war in the wold days!” 1918 August 14, John Read, “The Old Craftsman: A West Country Study”, in Hermes, University of Sydney, page 198:

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Synonyms

rickety