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rampike
[ ram-pahyk ]
noun
Chiefly Canadian.
- a dead tree, especially the bleached skeleton or splintered trunk of a tree killed by fire, lightning, or wind.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of rampike1
First recorded in 1585–95; origin unknown
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He took it from his comrade and, striding forward, attacked the nearest rampike.
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The sound jarred upon Carroll’s nerves, as the thud of the felled rampike had not done, but Vane picked up one of the chips and handed it to him.
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In the dust, a big rampike slanted, broke, and plunged.
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You tell your story from the viewpoint of Skyler Rampike, the brother of a 6-year-old murder victim.
He slept uneasily, waking from time to time; but it was only to hear the solemn cry of a horned owl sitting on some dead limb, or rampike; or the long, wailing laughter of a loon from the water-meadows to the south.
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