raddle
Definition of raddle:
part of speech: noun
A long stick used in hedging; a hedge formed by interweaving the shoots and branches of trees; in domestic weaving, a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs, used to keep the warp in a proper position when wound upon the beam.
part of speech: verb transitive
Usage examples:
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But the event which had promised to be such a happy one at the famous old inn was spoiled by those rapscallions of lawyers, and we can only hope that Mr. Raddle made himself amiable with the two ladies left in his charge, and helped them to enjoy the remainder of the day in the pleasant rural and rustic spot.
B.W. Matz in "The Inns and Taverns of "Pickwick" With Some Observations on their Other Associations". -
We know that she was sister to Mrs. Raddle who lived far away in Southwark, and was the landlady of Mr. Sawyer.
Percy Fitzgerald in "Bardell v. Pickwick". -
He might have heard of the friends, Cluppins, Raddle etc.
Percy Fitzgerald in "Bardell v. Pickwick". -
Mrs. Bardell was unanimously voted into the chair, and Mrs. Rogers being stationed on her right hand and Mrs. Raddle on her left, the meal proceeded with great merriment and success, until Mr. Raddle again put his foot into it by making an unfortunate remark which upset Mrs. Bardell and caused him to be summarily sent to a table by himself to finish his tea alone.
B.W. Matz in "The Inns and Taverns of "Pickwick" With Some Observations on their Other Associations".