Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mangy, scabby animal; also, a scurvy person. Also
runnion .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A mangy or scabby creature.
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Examples
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Red Grisell, the youngest of the band, struck her comrade on the cheek -- "Faint and weary, ronion, with blood and booty in the wind!"
The Last of the Barons — Volume 09 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Red Grisell, the youngest of the band, struck her comrade on the cheek -- "Faint and weary, ronion, with blood and booty in the wind!"
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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