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 Ran’tipole (3 syl.).Rap. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Ranz des Vaches.
 
Simple melodies played by the Swiss mountaineers on their Alp-horn when they drive their herds to pasture, or call them home (pour ranger des vaches, to bring the cows to their place).   1
 


 Ran’tipole (3 syl.).Rap. 

 
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