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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Raspberry.
 
Rhyming slang for “heart,” as “it made my raspberry beat.” (See CHIVY.)   1
 


 Ra’siel.Ras’selas. 

 
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