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

Nae dellin' was deen, nae thrashin', nae ploughin', The wark a' gaed wrang, sae thrang war they wooin'; Sic ridin', sic racin' there never was seen, The chiels were sae daft aboot Tipperty's Jean.

From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Buchan, Patrick

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.

At the feeding-time Margaret would be thrang with her white hands in a measure of grain, and I would be hearing her speaking to the chanticleer.

From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John

I bade him come ben whare my minny sae thrang Was birlin' her wheel eidentlie, An', foul fa' the carle, he was na' that lang, Ere he tauld out his errand to me.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

Henceforth I’ll rove where busy ploughs Are whistling thrang, An’ teach the lanely heights an’ howes My rustic sang.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert