A first-rate person or thing.
1833. In ten minutes he yelled enough, and swore I was a ripstavur.—‘Sketches of D. Crockett,’ p. 144 (N.Y.).
1846. What a rip-snorting red head you have got!—Yale Lit. Mag., xi. 336 (June).
1856. “Hallo, Judge,” said Major H., “that’s a rip-roaring hat you’ve got.”—San Francisco Call, Dec. 19.
