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rep
noun- reputation US, 1705
- “Two boys by the name of Charlie Max and Sugar Smallhouse.” “They have reps.” “So I hear.” — Mickey Spillane, Kiss Me Deadly, p. 68, 1952
- [B]ut no time for sex, and all the time worrying about his rep. — William Burroughs, Naked Lunch, p. 128, 1957
- Shucks, you and me both can put our finger on high society colored ladies here who got their whole rep just by going with some big important white man. — Chester Himes, The Real Cool Killers, p. 59, 1959
- A real Cool Cat is hep that he has a rep and has to get going if he plans on showing the chick the jive about loving and the turtle-doving. — Dan Burley, Diggeth Thou?, p. 5, 1959
- I’m gonna have to find me some strong cats to get tight with, cats with reps. — Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, p. 136, 1965
- Getting yourself a chick was a rep builder. — Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets, p. 15, 1967
- I took a few guys out and my rep was made. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 21, 1975
- He’s got a bad rep, but it’s mostly bullshit. — Cruel Intentions, 1999
- Tommy had a rep in prison, because of being connected with some of the big criminal families. — Jimmy Stockin, On The Cobbles, p. 137, 2000
- a repetition, or complete cycle of an exercise US
- — American Speech, p. 201, Fall 1984: “The language of bodybuilding”
- With me do the exercise for one rep, and then put the bar down correctly. — Tony Finlay, Bodybuilding, p. 42, 1996
- a repertory theatre or theatre company; a repertoire US, 1925
- After three seasons at Birmingham Rep he [Derek Jacobi] was lured to Stratford upon Avon. — The Guardian, 17 October 1991
- in prison, a written representation UK
- He could still submit “reps”[.] — The Guardian, 13 June 2002
- a representative, often a travelling salesman UK, 1896
- He doesn’t know that bank has got reps in the Caymans, in the Dutch Antilles, in Hawaii, in Canada, everywhere. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 250, 2001
- I’d arranged to meet a local train drivers [union] rep. — Mark Steel, Reasons to be Cheerful, p. 230, 2001
- a repellent UK
- I put more cam [camouflage] cream and mozzie [mosquito] rep on my face and hands. — Andy McNab, Immediate Action, p. 93, 1995
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