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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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RIPPISH, adj. ? Capricious, whimsical.Kcb. 1825 W. Nicholson Poems (1897) 80:
But a new-made wife, fu' o' rippish freaks, Fond o' a' things feat for the five first weeks.

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