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Right complete, thorough, ‘he’s a right gentleman’ Rightly fine, ‘I’m doing rightly, thank you’: well, ‘I know it rightly’ Rigmarole a convoluted, unbelievable story Rise rib, take a hand out of, raise his temper, ‘don’t rise him!’ Rogue v. cheat, ‘he’d rogue ye if he had the chance’ Roughness plenty Rub n. praise or disparage, ‘he’d give ye a wee rub’ ‘rub of the relic’, euphemism for sexual relations Ructions a hullabaloo, a row, ‘he raised ructions over it’ Rue regret, repent, ‘she rued the day’ Rug to pull Rummel to shake Run leak, ‘the water has all run out of the pot’ Rung step of chair or ladder Runner a person who is always in someone else’s house, ‘ceilier’ Runs goes, of inanimate object, ‘the road runs till Armagh’ Runt small, the reject Rust to take fright, to refuse, ‘the horse rusted on me’
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