hirple
Britishverb
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"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of hirple
C15: of unknown origin
Example Sentences
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She walked very slowly, leaning on a long staff, and she gave a bit hirple now and then, as if she were lame.
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I hear thy pony can scarce hirple on three legs," answered my lord, clapping me on my shoulder, "but I like a lad of spirit, and go thou shalt.
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He was a lantern-jawed, sallow-faced, high-browed fellow in his prime, with the merest hint of a hirple or halt in his walk, very shabby in his dress, wearing no sporran, but with a dagger bobbing about at his groin.
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Even most of the natives have stone-bruised feet and "hirple" along as if finishing a six-day walk in "the Garden."
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He’d hirple it barefoot on the coals of hell, 51 With a red-hot prong at his hurdies to prog him on, If I’d my way with him: de’il scart the hanniel!
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