Talk:roper

RFV discussion: November–December 2021

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roper

Rfv-sense: (archaic, slang) A crafty fellow; one fit to be hanged. MooreDoor (talk) 11:47, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

The only quote I can find is Middle English:

• 1486, Dame Juliana Berners, The Boke of Saint Albans:

  […] which crosse I saw byt late in tharmes of a noble man; the which in very dede was sometyme a crafty man, a roper, as he himself sayd.

Kiwima (talk) 02:01, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 19:10, 26 December 2021 (UTC)