What does rapparee mean?
Rapparee means (Ireland, historical or archaic) A bandit or brigand..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Ireland, historical or archaic) A bandit or brigand..
And then he would relate stories of banshees, and robberies, and ghosts, and hair-breadth escapes, and 'rapparees,' and adventures in the wars of King James, which he heard told in his nonage by the old folk, long vanished, who remembered those troubles.
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Rapparee means (Ireland, historical or archaic) A bandit or brigand..
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And then he would relate stories of banshees, and robberies, and ghosts, and hair-breadth escapes, and 'rapparees,' and adventures in the wars of King James, which he heard told in his nonage by the old folk, long vanished, who remembered those troubles.
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