Entry: parping (adj.)
In context: "The bodily red of a well-bit lip, parping along at a silky 80-plus per."
Definition: Esp. of a horn or brass instrument: that makes a honking sound; that goes ‘parp’.
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SNOOT score: 1
Page: 159
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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