“LET HER RIP.”
To the Editor of the Evening Star. Sir —The paragraph which appeared in your paper of yesterday ending as above, suggests whether the colonial meaning of the expression were not actually derived from the initials of Jteguiescat in pace. Such has long been my opinion ; for whereas the Saxon verb to rip means—to search out, to disclose, to bring to view—(Johnson); the Colonial verb always means—to let alone, to remain undisturbed; in fact, to rest in peace —“to Rip.”—l am, &c., C. W. Dunedin, March 9, 1570..
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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2135, 10 March 1870, Page 2
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90“LET HER RIP.” Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2135, 10 March 1870, Page 2
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