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Definition of Raddled
1. Adjective. Used until no longer useful. "Worn-out shoes with flapping soles"
2. Adjective. Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering. "Shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"
Definition of Raddled
1. Adjective. Worn-out and broken-down. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Raddled
1. raddle [v] - See also: raddle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raddled
Literary usage of Raddled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shropshire Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Etc., Used by Georgina Frederica Jackson (1879)
"A person flushed as from anger or drink is said to have ' raddled 'is ... I should
think yo'n bin 'avin' a spot o' rum i' yore tay, yo'n raddled yore ..."
2. The Best British Short Stories of edited by John Cournos, Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1922)
"This raddled, repulsive creature had actually persuaded herself into the delusion
that she still had the appearance of a young girl. ..."
3. Domestic Annals of Scotland: From the Reformation to the Revolution by Robert Chambers (1874)
"At another village—Crawford-John—' the houses are either of earth or loose stones,
or are raddled, and the roofs are of turf, and the floors the bare ground ..."
4. Old Glasgow: The Place and the People. From the Roman Occupation to the by Andrew Macgeorge (1888)
"Their " seats and beds are of earth turfed over and raddled up, near the fire "
place, and serve for both uses." Coming to a village not far from Moffat, ..."
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