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[A contract. of rapparee (q. v.).] A counterfeit Irish coin pa ing current in the time of George I. for a halfpenny, although intrinsically not worth more than half a farthing. Hence the expre ion, not worth a rap =of no value, utterly worthle . IMG:content-0212.png:[blocks in formation] tra-pā-çēş, subst. pl. [Lat., nom. pl. of rapax.] [RAPACIOUS.] Ornith.: Scopoli's name for the Raptores.