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ral
[? < Irish Gaelic raille]
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n.
vagabond, trickster. See quotes.
Quotations
1954
This [1816-17] became known as the "Winter of the Rals" (rowdies) when bands of half-starved men robbed the terrified people who had anything left to steal.
1955
ral [means] a disorderly fellow.
1965
The winter of 1817-18 was long remembered as the "Winter of the Rals," or the Rowdies.