Meanings
nounram-pike (plural ram-pikes)
plural ram-pikes
- alternativeAlternative form of rampike.
When he had it gathered and tied, what should come up but a big giant, nine foot high, and made a lick of a club at him. Well become Tom, he jumped a-one side, and picked up a ram-pike; and the first crack he gave the big fellow, he made him kiss the clod.
2022, “The lad with the goat-skin”, in J. K. Jackson, editor, Irish Folk & Fairy Tales: Fables, Folklore & Ancient Stories (Flame Tree Collector's Editions), Flame Tree Collections, →ISBN, page 121
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