thrang

British  

/ θræŋ /

noun

1. a throng; crowd

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verb

1. to throng; crowd

adjective

1. crowded; busy

2. engaged or occupied; busy

Etymology

Origin of thrang

Scot variant of _throng

Example Sentences

But hark! the bells frae nearer clang; To rowst the slaw their sides they bang; An’ see! black coats a’ready thrang The green kirkyaird; And at the yett, the chestnuts spang That brocht the laird.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Upon a bonnie day in June, When wearing thro’ the afternoon, Twa dogs that were na thrang at hame Forgather’d ance upon a time.

From The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier by Drayson, A.W.

But a chap mun be like to ha' summat,    An' aw can't think it's varry far wrang, Just to cook him an' th' childer a dinner,    Tho' it may mak me rayther too thrang.

From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John

And aye an' while we nearer draw To whaur the kirkton lies alaw, Mair neebours, comin saft an' slaw Frae here an' there, The thicker thrang the gate, an' caw The stour in air.

From A Lowden Sabbath Morn by Stevenson, Robert Louis

But wol they stamped, an' raved, an' swore,    An' vented aght ther spleen, Th' childer wor thrang enough, you're sure,    All plaisterd up to th' een.

From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John