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redcap
noun 5
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2ADJ.
beside, cruel, old, sly
REDCAP + NOUN
pi
Definitions
noun
1
A member of the Royal Military Police a unit in the British army.
2
A porter in a US railway station.
3
A European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).
4
A type of evil goblin or imp.
1876: Porter & Coates (pub.), Reliques of Ancient English Poetry Lord Soulis he sat in Hermitage Castle, And beside him Old Redcap sly; — "Now, tell me, thou sprite, who are meikle of might, The death that I must die?"
"What's a Brownie?" you say. Oh, it's a kind of a sort of a Bogle, but it isn't so cruel as a Redcap! What! you don't know what's a Bogle or a Redcap!
5
A breed of poultry.
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1876: Porter & Coates (pub.), Reliques of Ancient English Poetry Lord Soulis he sat in Hermitage Castle, And beside him Old Redcap sly; — "Now, tell me, thou sprite, who are meikle of might, The death
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"What's a Brownie?" you say. Oh, it's a kind of a sort of a Bogle, but it isn't so cruel as a Redcap! What! you don't know what's a Bogle or a Redcap!
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[…] the goblin had aroused the mercenary's ire. This seemed to bring out a formidable and hitherto unrecognized talent in the taciturn young man. "Why cam' ye by my door?" The redcap brandished his pi
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