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Quotation dates: 1840
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FRAP, n. Bad temper, quarrelsomeness.Ayr. 1840 J. Ramsay Eglinton Park 152:
"What news from the Crossroads?" Cried Sandy, "Be snap, And come to the point, ye old 'buzzum o' frap.'"
[From n.Eng. dial. frap, id., ? Mid.Eng. frape, a crowd, rabble, O.Fr. frap, id., Fr. frapper, to beat.]
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