ropery


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ropery

(ˈrəʊpərɪ)
npl -ries
1. a place where ropes are made
2. archaic trickery
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ropery

Archaic. roguish or criminal behavior or action; conduct deserving of hanging.
See also: Crime
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ropery

nSeilerei f
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EPPLETON made it three wins in three in the Durham Cricket Board Junior League Division One with a 10-wicket victory over Chester-le-Street at Ropery Lane.
He told the Richardson, of The Ropery, Pickering: "You've had the very good sense to plead guilty to this indictment and you'll be given an appropriate level of credit for those pleas.
Just before 8pm on Monday, police were called to Ropery Road in Teams after a man was left injured.
You can even enter from different streets off Fenwick Street in Liverpool's business district - The Old Ropery and Moor Street (where The Bulls Head was situated, before The Cornmarket swallowed it up in the late 1960s).
A police spokesman said the body had been exhumed early on Monday at Ropery Lane Cemetery in Chester-le-Street.
A167 Ropery Lane in both directions closed due to roadworks at A167/ B1284/Ropery Lane roundabout between 7pm-6am until Sunday.
Officers at Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) have now issued a warning about the dangers of climbing A TWFRS spokesperson said: "Shortly before 6.30pm on Sunday we were called to a report of a youth having fallen approximately 30ft through a factory roof in Ropery Lane, Wallsend.
The Ropery, is on the banks of the River Wear, in Deptford, and was once Webster's Ropery, the oldest remaining ropeworks building in the world.
At the moment the example plaques feature the Hirings Fair which saw servants and labourers sell their services in the 1900s, Cherry Fairs which took place every spring until the early 1900s, Dodshon's Fountain, trams, Stockton International Riverside Festival, and almshouses which once stood in Ropery Street.