thrang

/ (θræŋ) Scot /

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noun

a throng; crowd

verb

to throng; crowd

adjective

crowded; busy

engaged or occupied; busy

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Word Origin for thrang

Scot variant of throng

Words nearby thrang

Thraco-Phrygian, thraiping, Thrale, thrall, thralldom, thrang, thrapple, thrash, thrash about, thrasher, thrashing

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How to use thrang in a sentence

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.
A Book of Ballads, Volume 3|Various
I should have thowt as thou'd have been in the thick of the thrang thysel', Mercy, carryin' on the war.
A Son of Hagar|Sir Hall Caine
So 'thrang as Throp's wife' gat to be a regular nominy, an' other fowks took to followin' her example; it were fair smittlin'!
Tales of the Ridings|F. W. Moorman
He said Mrs. Linton was ‘thrang,’ and the master was not in.
Wuthering Heights|Emily Bronte

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.
Old Mortality, Complete, Illustrated|Sir Walter Scott