thrapple

/ ˈθræpəl /

noun

1. the throat or windpipe

verb

1. to throttle

Word History and Origins

Origin of thrapple¹

C18: a variant of earlier thropple, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Do the folk think I hae another thrapple in my pouch after John Highlandman's sneeked this ane wi' his joctaleg?

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God knows I have not much of a voice myself, but I'm full of nobler airs than ever crossed my rusty thrapple.

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Man, it seeps doon through your thrapple into your lungs, an' there's nae hoastin' o' it up.

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But, luckily, he remembered the goose's thrapple, and he pulled it out of his pocket and whistled through it.

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The minnit he seen the man inside in the kitchen, he stuck in his thrapple at wanst.

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