Synonyms for roup


Grammar : Noun
Spell : roop
Phonetic Transcription : rup


Définition of roup

  • As in public sale : noun auction
Example sentences :
  • Roup is caused by exposure to excessive wet or very cold winds.
  • Extract from : « Poultry » by Hugh Piper
  • Roup is a disease of the wrong system and careless management.
  • Extract from : « The Dollar Hen » by Milo M. Hastings
  • They were both bidding at the roup and some business thegither.
  • Extract from : « The Judge » by Rebecca West
  • A man would come to the roup late, and learn that the seat he wanted had been knocked down.
  • Extract from : « Auld Licht Idylls » by J. M. Barrie
  • The more usual words in old English were outcry, outrope (still familiar in Scotland as roup, cf. German ruf) and port sale.
  • Extract from : « Prices of Books » by Henry B. Wheatley
  • When he got the estate into trouble it was my care and skill saved it from roup and rent rack.
  • Extract from : « Playing With Fire » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • He died just at the roup of the stocking and furniture; it stoppit the roup, and mony folk were disappointed.
  • Extract from : « Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, Complete, Illustrated » by Sir Walter Scott
  • Cramp, roup, and some other diseases, more frequently arise from stagnant wet in the soil than from any other cause.
  • Extract from : « Poultry » by Hugh Piper
  • The roup was no a week after; an', oh, it was a grievous sicht to see hoo the crop an' the cattle went for just naething.
  • Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland » by Various
  • Three days later it was understood at the "smiddy" that Burnbrae's roup was likely to be a success.
  • Extract from : « The Days of Auld Lang Syne » by Ian MacLaren

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