threep

British  

/ θriːp /

verb

1. a variant spelling of threap

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Example Sentences

"Mess, lads, but he'd be a reet good Parli'ment man to threep about the nation."

From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir

I mind the day when I followed Mr Gladstone's Home Rule policy, and used to threep about the noble, generous, warm-hearted sister nation held in a foreign bondage.

From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John

Some threep that he's worn thae eedentical pair the last twenty year, an' a mind masel' him getting' a tear ahint, when he was crossin' oor palin', an the mend's still veesible.

From Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

And Angus he was fair mad, I can tell ye, and he said to Wilson, 'Thoo stammerin' and yammerin' taistrel, thoo; I'll pluck a lock of thy threep.

From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir

"Alloo me to tell ye, sir, ye're the first 'at ever daured threep my hoose was no a dacent ane."

From Sir Gibbie by MacDonald, George