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Noun
rammel (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Refuse matter.
- 1606, Caius [i.e., Gaius] Suetonius Tranquillus, “The Historie of Nero Claudius Cæsar”, in Philêmon Holland, transl., The Historie of Twelve Cæsars Emperours of Rome. […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew Lownes, →OCLC, section 38, pages 199–200:
- And becauſe he vvould not miſſe, but lay faſt holde upon all the bootie and pillage vvhich poſſibly hee could come by, even from thence alſo, having promiſed free leave to caſt forth dead karkaſſes and rid away the rammell of the ruines; looke vvhat reliques remained of all their goods and ſubſtance unburnt, he permitted not one to goe unto it.
Verb
rammel
- (obsolete, intransitive) To turn to rubbish.
Usage notes
Reported by a speaker in Aylesham, Kent in January 2005. The man was said to be "one of a dying breed". (South East Voices, BBC, 17 January 2005, retrieved 15 March 2021)
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Noun
rammel ? (uncountable, no diminutive)
Noun
rammel ? (plural rammels, diminutive rammeltje n)
- a gossip
Verb
rammel
- inflection of rammelen:
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rammel (imperfect jrammel, past participle mrammel)
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