thrang

/ (θræŋ) Scot /

noun

a throng; crowd

verb

to throng; crowd

adjective

crowded; busy

engaged or occupied; busy

Nearby words

thraldom, thrale, thrale, hester lynch, thrall, thralldom, thrang, thrapple, thrash, thrash about, thrash metal, thrash out

Word Origin for thrang

Scot variant of throng

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Examples from the Web for thrang

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
He said Mrs. Linton was ‘thrang,’ and the master was not in.
Wuthering Heights|Emily Bronte
Shoo were thrang wi' t' birds were Janet, an' gettin' more excited ivery minute.
More Tales of the Ridings|Frederic Moorman
I hae seen ill weather half the simmer, an' a thrang corn-yard after an' a', an' that o' the best.
David Elginbrod|George MacDonald

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