Sekirov Dictionary

rantipole

noun 4
adjective 1
verb 1
forms 5

noun4

A rude, unruly young person.
A rakish person.
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(no longer used) A prostitute.
- Farewell to the change, / Where rantipoles range; / Farewell cold tea, / And ratafie, / Hide-park, where pride / In coaches ride, — 1740
(no longer used) A sex position with the woman on top of the man.

adjective1

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(no longer used) Rude; unruly.
- Then as he paused irresolutely with cap and pipe-clayed gloves in hands, he heard more than certainly even Rose, in her most rantipole mood, ever meant he should hear. — 1871

verb1

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To act in a rude, unruly fashion.
- 'Twas no Ramping, Rantipoling, Fiery-Furnace kind of Calf Love on my part, but a matured and sensible admixture of Gratitude and Sincere Affection. — 1863

forms

rantipoled · rantipoling · rantipoles · more rantipole · most rantipole

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