thrang
Britishnoun
verb
adjective
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crowded; busy
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engaged or occupied; busy
Etymology
Origin of thrang
Scot variant of throng
Example Sentences
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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 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
When John coom home at neet, his wife Wor soa uncommon thrang, At th' furst time in his wedded life, His drinkin time coom wrang.
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 John Hartley
Skipper and Jock were cronies thrang, Had kent and liked each other lang; Mony a gill they'd drunk thegither, And friendly treated ane anither.
From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Violet Flint
"It fell on a morning when we were thrang," and "Woo'd, and married, and a'," maintain popularity among all classes of Scotsmen throughout the world.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
"And what would I do while you were thrang at that laal job?" asked the peddler.
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Sir Hall Caine
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