rantipole
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rantipole
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From ranty and pole, poll (“head”).
noun rantipoles
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A rude, unruly young person.
Tom was to be sure, what is called a good boy; he never soiled his clothes, as I did. I was always considered as a rantipole, for whom any thing was good enough. But when I saw my brother tricked out in new clothes, and his old duds covering me like a scarecrow, I appeal to any honourable mind wheth
Similar: hoodlum, yob, agitator, bad boy, bad news, bear, beggar, bhoy, blackguard, booger, boot boy, bovver boy
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A rakish person.
Your modern Rantipole, then, is of high Birth, or considerable Fortune, or great Beauty, either of which may entitle her to do that which others are ashamed of, who have not those superb Qualifications, and enable her to reverse the true Estimation of Things, and value herself upon being good for no
Similar: hood rat, rake, rizzler, adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger, chamberer, debauchee, debaucher, fornicator, gallant, lecher
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A prostitute.
Farewell to the change, / Where rantipoles range; / Farewell cold tea, / And ratafie, / Hide-park, where pride / In coaches ride,
Similar: harlot, strumpet, abandons, alley cat, almah, bangtail, Bankside lady, bargirl, bat, beotch, blouze, blowen
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A sex position with the woman on top of the man.
Similar: cowgirl, St. George
verb rantipoles · rantipoling · rantipoled
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To act in a rude, unruly fashion.
The Eldeſt vvas a termagant, imperious, prodigal, levvd, profligate VVench, as ever breath'd; ſhe uſed to Rantipole about the Houſe, pinch the Children, kick the Servants, and torture the Cats and the Dogs; […]
Similar: act up, misbehave, show one's ass, take liberties
adjective more rantipole · most rantipole
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Rude; unruly.
This rantipole hero had for some time singled out the blooming Katrina for the object of his uncouth gallantries, and though his amorous toyings were something like the gentle caresses and endearments of a bear, yet it was whispered that she did not altogether discourage his hopes.
Similar: churlish, irrepressible, aweless, improper, bad-mannered, barbaric, bold, bumptious, crude, impudent, discourteous, gauche
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title = {rantipole},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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