ragebol
Dutch
Alternative forms
- raagbol (now uncommon)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈraː.ɣəˌbɔl/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ra‧ge‧bol
Noun
ragebol m (plural ragebollen, diminutive ragebolletje n)
- A brush whose bristly hairs form a curved surface, mounted on a broomstick, mostly used for removing cobwebs. [from late 17th c.]
- 1698, Salomon van Rusting, "De Kat in 't Vagevuur, of Mislyke Kattendroom", in De vol-geestige werken van Salomon van Ruſting, part 2, Jan ten Hoorn (publ.), page 126.
- Mijn ſtaart wiert als een kannewaſſer, / En 't lijf gelijk een ragebol, / So ruyg, door hondert duſent vreſen;
- My tail became like a dish-washing brush, / And my body like a bristly brush, / So rough, because of a hundred thousand fears;
- Synonyms: halfmaan, koppenjager, kopstubber, spinnejager
- 1698, Salomon van Rusting, "De Kat in 't Vagevuur, of Mislyke Kattendroom", in De vol-geestige werken van Salomon van Ruſting, part 2, Jan ten Hoorn (publ.), page 126.
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: rabòl
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