thrang

/ θræŋ /

noun

1. a throng; crowd

verb

1. to throng; crowd

adjective

1. crowded; busy
2. engaged or occupied; busy

Word History and Origins

Origin of thrang¹

Scot variant of throng

Example Sentences

Put on, put on, my wighty men, Sa fast as ze can drie; For he that is hindmost of the thrang Sall neir get guid o' me.

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I should have thowt as thou'd have been in the thick of the thrang thysel', Mercy, carryin' on the war.

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So 'thrang as Throp's wife' gat to be a regular nominy, an' other fowks took to followin' her example; it were fair smittlin'!

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He said Mrs. Linton was ‘thrang,’ and the master was not in.

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It will be hard for you to fill her place, especially on sic a thrang day as this; but Heaven's will maun be obeyed.

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