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rabble
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rabble
an iron tool or mechanical device for stirring, mixing, or skimming a molten charge in a roasting furnace

rabble [′rab·əl]
(metallurgy)
An iron bar for skimming the bath in a smelting or refining furnace or for stirring the ore in a roasting furnace either manually or mechanically.


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Wilson here places us among the men of a ragtag gypsy cab company that is about to be displaced by urban development.
Nelson, Benedict Arnold's Navy: The Ragtag Fleet that Lost the Battle of Lake Champlain but Won the American Revolution is the true story of the Battle of Valcour Island, in which a hastily comprised American fleet led by Benedict Arnold stood against the superior numbers and power of the British navy during the War for Independence.
Lady Soraya spies on the traitorous city governor of a besieged city, while her half-brother Jiaan commands a ragtag army.
 
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