thrapple
Britishnoun
verb
Etymology
Origin of thrapple
C18: a variant of earlier thropple, of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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All this is accurately true And, faith! there might be more said; But—well, to save your thrapple you Fled, as aforesaid.
From Black Beetles in Amber by Bierce, Ambrose
Auld Orthodoxy lang did grapple, For every hole to get a stapple; But now she fetches at the thrapple, An' fights for breath; Haste, gie her name up in the chapel,^2 Near unto death.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
Ay, yer sang's the sang o' an angel For a sinfu' thrapple no meet, Like the pipes til a heavenly braingel Whaur they dance their herts intil their feet!
From Heather and Snow by MacDonald, George
But, luckily, he remembered the goose's thrapple, and he pulled it out of his pocket and whistled through it.
From The Scottish Fairy Book by Grierson, Elizabeth Wilson
Ay, yer sang's the sang o' an angel For a sinfu' thrapple no meet, Like the pipes til a heavenly braingel Whaur they dance their herts intil their feet!
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George
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