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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“I wass threepin’ so already, but he wass dooms 192 thrang to come.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart
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
Quo' he, "Let 's to the auld folk gang; Say what they like, I 'll bide their bang, And bide a' nicht, though beds be thrang; But I 'll hae thee to Gowrie."
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
But wol they stamped, an' raved, an' swore, An' vented aght ther spleen, Th' childer wor thrang enough, you're sure, All plaisterd up to th' een.
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 Hartley, John
Ye canna get leave to thrive for thrang.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
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