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prettygoodwordrantipole (RAN-ti-pohl) - adj., wild, reckless, boisterous. n., a wild, boisterous person, esp. a young person. v., to be wild, reckless, or boisterous.
Old slang, most readily found in Dickens now, though it was already becoming outdated by his time. Coined probably from ranty + pole, alteration of poll in the sense of head.
---L.
Old slang, most readily found in Dickens now, though it was already becoming outdated by his time. Coined probably from ranty + pole, alteration of poll in the sense of head.
---L.
