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Meanings of rale in English

A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

Usage of rale in English
1
They proudly liberated Poland, Finland and the Baltic countries from Russia's rale.
The God That Failed
2
How illegant it would be now if he could spake rale Oirish.
The Boy Land Boomer; Or, Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma
3
I dunno whether the feller's a circuit-rider er a rale preacher.
Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885
4
A rale pleasant fellow I tak' him to be, lord or no lord.
Penny Plain
5
I can't say I had any rale, realizing sense of sight that day.
Sight to the Blind
6
He's not a rale gentleman, word and deed, like Jonathan Pym.
The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland
7
Oh, a rale little bit of a thing, not as big as Lizer!
My Brilliant Career
8
Thof he's such a friend at a pinch, he's a rale mon of business.
Lucretia — Volume 03
9
Can't ye tell a rale gintleman from a snaking blackguard?
The Gold Hunters' Adventures; Or, Life in Australia
10
I got a rale good grade in a remnant in town yesterday at a bargain.
The Desired Woman
11
This is a rale purty girl, this oldest one.
Sowing Seeds in Danny
12
Hit takes a powerful sight o' bread an' milk ter do when one's rale hongry.
The Red Acorn
13
Yes, the rale words she said when I handed her the billy-dux was, 'Very well, James.'
The Best American Humorous Short Stories
14
An' it's the rale thing, I'll tell ye.
A Daughter of the Snows
15
Oi mane yer rale name-th 'wholeav ut?
The Promise / A Tale of the Great Northwest
16
We want the rale thing, and, be ged!
The Firm of Girdlestone
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