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单词 ropey
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  • Every morning Ropey came grinning into the prison, with a bucket full of the old worm-eaten biscuit from the Julia.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847|Various
  • Sam stroked his ropey mustache and eased the gun at his hip.

    Rimrock Trail|J. Allan Dunn
  • The ropey, rubbery something was the tube connecting the heater with the gas-fixture.

    The Mystery of Murray Davenport|Robert Neilson Stephens

ropey

ropy

/ (ˈrəʊpɪ) /

adjective ropier or ropiest

British informal
  1. inferior or inadequate
  2. slightly unwell; below par
(of a viscous or sticky substance) forming strands or filaments
resembling a roperopey muscles

Derived forms of ropey

ropily, adverbropiness, noun

Words nearby ropey

rope stitch, rope tow, ropewalk, ropewalker, ropeway, ropey, rope yarn, ropinirole, ropy, roque, Roquefort
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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