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rap⋅pee

  [ra-pee]
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–noun
a strong snuff made from dark, rank tobacco leaves.
Origin:
1730–40; < F râpé grated (ptp. of râper); see rape 3
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rap·pee   (rā-pē')   
n.  A strong snuff made from a dark, coarse tobacco.

[From French (tabac) râpé, grated (tobacco), past participle of râper, to grate, from Old French rasper, to scrape; see rasp.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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