Definitions
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- noun someone who uses a
rope
Etymologies
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rope + -man
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Examples
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A Urganci, or ropeman, watched, ready to separate the camels and escort them from the arena if necessary.
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He found words to greet the ropeman even as his knee came up against the fellow's jaw, jarring Lal so that he dropped a flint knife.
The Time Traders Andre Norton 1958
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But from my guesstimates of the procedure my WC ropeman is not, but this is only a guestimate from the test (I tried using different sized metal rods, easier to see exact contact location) patto wrote: For starters the cam should not touch the metal wall when there is no rope in the device.
unknown title 2009
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