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Another roup on the same ground asked for 20%.

From Time Magazine Archive

The roup was no a week after; an', oh, it was a grievous sicht to see hoo the crop an' the cattle went for just naething.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various

The auctioneer was screamed at for favouring his friends, and at times the roup became so noisy that men and women had to be forcibly ejected.

From Auld Licht Idylls by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

Mr. Wright advises half a grain of cayenne pepper with half a grain of powdered allspice in a bolus of the meal, or one of Baily's roup pills to be given daily.

From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Piper, Hugh

The counting of these bottles was a labor, but it is not even by them that the roup is remembered.

From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)