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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BANKRAPE, v.intr. To become bankrupt. Not in St.Eng.Dmf. 1834 Lett. Jane W. Carlyle (1883) I. 6:
It is a wonder the whole city does not “bankrape, and go out o' sicht.”