thorp
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of thorp
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Dorf, Old Norse thorp village, Gothic thaurp field
Example Sentences
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There were indications that several thousand would take this opportunity to recross the Atlantic—one was returning to Central Europe with $10,000, enough to buy up his native thorp.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dorp, dorp, n. a rare form of thorp, village.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Once upon a time amidst the mountains and hills and falling streams of a fair land there was a town or thorp in a certain valley.
From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by Morris, William
With silvery clang, by thorp and town, The bells made merry in their spires, Men kissed each other on the street, And music piped to dancing feet The livelong night, by roaring fires!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 by Various
Svearek alone had enjoyed hearing him sing, but he was niggardly and his brawling thorp was an endless boredom to a man used to the courts of southern princes.
From The Valor of Cappen Varra by Anderson, Poul William
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