hirple
Britishverb
noun
Etymology
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.
From The Scottish Fairy Book by Elizabeth Wilson Grierson
Tak' gray hairs and wrinkles, and hirple wi' me, And think on the seventeen hundred and fifty.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
Even most of the natives have stone-bruised feet and "hirple" along as if finishing a six-day walk in "the Garden."
From A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel by S. G. Bayne
Give me my staff; I must hirple up that weary hill again, and you, come hither.”
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
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.
From Tales From Scottish Ballads by Allan Stewart
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