roopy

comparative roopier · comparative more roopy · superlative roopiest · superlative most roopy · alternative roupy

1. Hoarse.

   But he said he had observed I was sometimes hoarse — a little roopy was his exact expression — and it should be, every drop, devoted to the purpose he had mentioned.

   1863, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

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   It wasn't in its essentials a musical voice, being on the thick side and a shade roopy. If I'd been its owner, I'd have given more than a little thought to the subject of tonsils.

   1934, P G Wodehouse, Thank You, Jeeves